From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751256AbWBJNAe (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:00:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751257AbWBJNAe (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:00:34 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:53986 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751256AbWBJNAe (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:00:34 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:59:04 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, mj@ucw.cz Cc: peter.read@gmail.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43EC8E18.nailISDJTQDBG@burner> References: <20060208165330.GB17534@voodoo> <43EB0DEB.nail52A1LVGUO@burner> <43EB7210.nailIDH2JUBZE@burner> <43EB7BBA.nailIFG412CGY@burner> <43EC71FB.nailISD31LRCB@burner> <20060210114721.GB20093@merlin.emma.line.org> <43EC887B.nailISDGC9CP5@burner> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.2 8/15/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Martin Mares wrote: > Hello! > > > Well, this is a deficit of the Linux kernel - not libscg. > > This is exactly what I have written -- extra effort is needed to get > a stable numbering (which Solaris does), but you can use a very similar > extra care to get stable names (which Linux with udev does). As this conceptional deficite in Linux causes Linux to break POSIX compliance e.g. for stat(2) with hot plugged devices, people with sufficient background knowledge should know that Linux tried to fix a low level bug at a high level ignoring that the mid-level is still broken. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily