From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266654AbUHIO2W (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:28:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266609AbUHIO11 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:27:27 -0400 Received: from mail3.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.7]:47319 "HELO ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266611AbUHIOYx (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:24:53 -0400 X-Sender-Authentication: net64 Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:24:49 +0200 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: Joerg Schilling Cc: James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, axboe@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices Message-Id: <20040809162449.51b13528.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: <200408091346.i79DkDRi010405@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <200408091346.i79DkDRi010405@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:46:13 +0200 (CEST) Joerg Schilling wrote: > >From: Stephan von Krawczynski > > >Understand this: _nobody_ expects you to know everything about 25 different > >OS's, the only thing that can be expected is that you simply listen to the > >different parties knowing the different platforms and _take their advice_, > >really not more. > > While this works for most if not all OS, it does not work for Linux. > > For Linux, the percentage of things that are reported incorrect to me is > higher than 80%, so I need to use my own extertise. If I would not, cdrecord > would be unusable. If things are that bad, why don't you just take the easy path and let _others_ implement the linux-glue to your app ? All you have to do is to specify an interface which is completely at your will. Then, if something does not work out, it's not your problem. You can then always draw the Solaris card and say "look, it works under solaris. So you (the glue-author) must have made some mistake." Regards, Stephan