Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 21:18:08 +0200 (CEST)
From: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.gmd.de>
Message-Id: <200207141918.g6EJI8kj019362@burner.fokus.gmd.de>
To: andersen@codepoet.org, schilling@fokus.gmd.de
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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>From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>

>> We don't need just another unrelated interface but a generic
>> transort. CDROM_SEND_PACKET is not a generic interface, it is limited
>> to ATAPI CD-ROM's.

>Wrong.  It is a _generic CD-ROM packet interface.  Thanks for not even
>spending the two seconds it would take reading the kernel source code
>to discover this.

>$ grep -l CDC_GENERIC_PACKET drivers/scsi/sr.c drivers/ide/ide-cd.c 
>drivers/scsi/sr.c
>drivers/ide/ide-cd.c

That does not change anything.

Having a transport of limited usability is a problem for libscg.

BTW: If it turns out that people are interested in useful discussions, 
I may put more effort in reading current Linux kernel sources.

J?rg

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