Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161018AbWBTROp (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:14:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161060AbWBTROp (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:14:45 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:31413 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161018AbWBTROn (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:14:43 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:14:34 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Joerg Schilling Cc: dhazelton@enter.net, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060220171434.GA31591@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Schilling , dhazelton@enter.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43EB7BBA.nailIFG412CGY@burner> <200602161742.26419.dhazelton@enter.net> <43F5B686.nail2VCA2A2OF@burner> <200602171502.20268.dhazelton@enter.net> <43F9D771.nail4AL36GWSG@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F9D771.nail4AL36GWSG@burner> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1624 Lines: 44 Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-02-20: > > Noted. However even if I do create said patch, I'm more than 90% certain you > > won't even take a look at it. > > If your code will have similar relevence than the code from Matthias, you are > obviously true. Well, it is irrelevant to _you_ because it proves you're wrong. At least, not a single objective argument WRT bugs in side the code have surfaced. > One problem is that GNU make is not working in a useful way on many patforms > that are listed to be working. GNU make is unmaintained since many years and > a serious bug I reported in 1999 still has not been fixed. The so-called "serious" bug is a purely cosmetic complaint about non-existant .d files. > > Says you. Since the SCSI system via /dev/hd* was just added in, IIRC, the 2.5 > > series kernel - at the same time ide-scsi was deprecated access via SG_IO > > on /dev/hd* is the new method and not deprecated. > > Any system that is worse than another one is deprecated. Hm. Schilling's applications are worse than others by printing meaningless warnings... > If people on LKML believe it is OK not to abide promises and if they don't have Your delusions about who "promise"d something to you... > Well, on such a system, a /dev/hd driver is not needed for the CD-ROM. > A SCSI disk driver would be sufficient. Not your business. -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/