From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263268AbTJBHGv (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2003 03:06:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263269AbTJBHGv (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2003 03:06:51 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:19651 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263268AbTJBHGu (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2003 03:06:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:06:40 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Zinx Verituse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sg-style ATAPI commands in 2.6 Message-ID: <20031002070640.GE6678@suse.de> References: <20031002065218.GA32246@bliss> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031002065218.GA32246@bliss> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 02 2003, Zinx Verituse wrote: > I haven't found much information on the raw ATAPI command > interface provided in Linux 2.6, but from what I can tell > it can understand the sg3 interface. > > However, I can't open the device read-write, so mmap'd IO > is impossible, and unless it's currently horribly insecure, > I can't write CDs anyway. > > I was just wondering what the desired behavior is, if there's > a different style interface I'm supposed to use, etc. Right now, only the SG_IO ioctl is supported. Support for full (as much as makes sense) sg v3 support is planned and in progress. -- Jens Axboe