From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267259AbUHSTBw (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:01:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267269AbUHSTBv (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:01:51 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:5765 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267259AbUHSTBo (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:01:44 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Alan Cox To: Joerg Schilling Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Linux Kernel Mailing List , kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, fsteiner-mail@bio.ifi.lmu.de, diablod3@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4124D042.nail85A1E3BQ6@burner> References: <200408041233.i74CX93f009939@wildsau.enemy.org> <4124BA10.6060602@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <1092925942.28353.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200408191800.56581.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <4124D042.nail85A1E3BQ6@burner> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1092938348.28370.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:59:17 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 17:07, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Cdrtools is is code freeze state. This is why I say the best idea is to remove > this interface change from the current Linux kernel and wait until there will > be new cdrtools alpha for 2.02 releases. These alpha could get support for uid > switching. If Linux then would again switch the changes on, it makes sense. While Sun did spend a year refusing to fix security holes I found - for "compatibility reasons" - long ago back when I was a sysadmin at NTL, the Linux world does not work that way. Alan