From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266566AbUHXKWY (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:22:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267400AbUHXKWY (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:22:24 -0400 Received: from as8-6-1.ens.s.bonet.se ([217.215.92.25]:56502 "EHLO zoo.weinigel.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266566AbUHXKWW (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:22:22 -0400 To: Kai Makisara Cc: Joerg Schilling , der.eremit@email.de, christer@weinigel.se, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices References: <2ptdY-42Y-55@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uPdM-380-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uUwL-6VP-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uWfh-8jo-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uXl0-Gt-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vge2-63k-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vgQF-6Ai-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vipq-7O8-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vj2b-8md-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vDtS-bq-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <412770EA.nail9DO11D18Y@burner> <412889FC.nail9MX1X3XW5@burner> <4128CAA2.nail9RG21R1OG@burner> From: Christer Weinigel Organization: Weinigel Ingenjorsbyra AB Date: 24 Aug 2004 12:22:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kai Makisara writes: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Christer Weinigel wrote: > > BTW: 'mt' should not need to send SCSI comands. THis shoul dbe handled via > > specilized ioctls. > > > There are already ioctls for changing the tape parameters. Christer, there > is no need to introduce tapes into this discussion. It was en example of another application that needs to modify the mode pages, and it's interesting to look at how we have solved similar problems before. So if we want to be consistent we ought to introduce specialized ioctls for everything cdrecord wants to do. Otoh, tape drives don't seem to be such a fast moving target as CD and DVD burners. /Christer -- "Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?" Freelance consultant specializing in device driver programming for Linux Christer Weinigel http://www.weinigel.se