Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16

Alan Cox
2002-03-06T00:54:04Z

> Note that taskfiles are not being removed from IDE. Just direct (and
> parsed and filtered) interface to userspace. Does the scsi midlayer
> export the SCBs directly to userspace?

Yes. And whats more the scsi generic layer has a hell of a lot less ioctls
than IDE because of that. With something like scsi enclosure, scsi smart,
scsi scanners its a godsend to be able to just say "Ok OS take a hike, I
wish to chat with this device exactly as I damn well please".

[Reminds me - anyone got any Linux enclosure monitoring code ?]