From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: andersen@codepoet.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:46:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D2E5F40.9050202@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020712044413.GA2436@codepoet.org
Erik Andersen wrote:
>>
>>Lovely. Let's make EACH APPLICATION support two disjoint APIs for no
>>good reason.
>
> Lovely. Lets rip off a sarcastic answer without spending two
> seconds to think. Why would anybody need to support two APIs?
> The existing CDROM_SEND_PACKET ioctl is an ATAPI/SCSI pass
> through interface, and is sufficient to operate both IDE and
> SCSI cd writers.
>
That's fine, but it still only supports CD writers. We have a generic
packet interface for a good reason -- we should be able to access it
regardless of device type.
It's a specific solution to a generic problem.
-hpa
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2002-07-12 0:27 IDE/ATAPI in 2.5 H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 0:37 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-12 1:00 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-12 1:23 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 5:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 4:13 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-12 4:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 4:44 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-12 4:46 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-07-12 5:03 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 5:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 13:15 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-15 10:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-07-16 5:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 12:11 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-07-12 12:51 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-12 14:17 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-12 14:29 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-07-12 14:41 ` Jens Axboe
2002-07-12 15:00 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-07-12 15:05 ` Jens Axboe
2002-07-12 15:41 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 15:35 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-14 8:19 ` Paul Bristow
2002-07-14 9:11 ` jbradford
2002-07-14 9:16 ` Matthew D. Pitts
2002-07-14 14:04 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-07-14 16:56 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-12 15:26 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 13:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-12 13:07 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-12 14:06 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-12 15:34 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 17:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-07-12 18:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 18:54 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-07-12 18:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 19:35 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-07-12 19:06 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-12 23:17 ` Matthias Andree
2002-07-12 15:02 ` Kevin P. Fleming
2002-07-12 15:10 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-07-12 16:47 ` Andre Hedrick
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-07-12 19:25 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 19:37 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 19:52 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-13 6:36 ` jbradford
2002-07-13 14:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-13 13:55 ` Thomas Molina
2002-07-13 15:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-13 14:31 ` Thomas Molina
2002-07-13 14:07 ` jbradford
2002-07-13 15:32 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-13 14:36 ` jbradford
2002-07-15 11:47 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-07-15 18:44 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-12 20:06 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-12 20:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-12 19:49 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 19:58 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-12 20:38 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-12 21:05 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-12 19:55 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 20:19 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-13 5:40 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-13 10:52 ` Anssi Saari
2002-07-14 0:35 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-13 16:53 ` Olivier Galibert
2002-07-14 0:34 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-16 5:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-07-12 19:57 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 21:17 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-13 5:49 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-12 20:08 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-12 21:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-13 14:46 Adam J. Richter
2002-07-13 15:38 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-13 23:27 Adam J. Richter
2002-07-13 23:47 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-14 6:20 Adam J. Richter
2002-07-14 15:22 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-07-14 12:32 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 16:01 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-14 12:38 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 12:44 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 12:50 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 13:02 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 13:08 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 13:59 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-14 13:17 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:03 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-14 14:44 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-14 13:24 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 13:39 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-07-14 14:10 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-14 14:35 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-07-14 16:52 ` Kurt Garloff
2002-07-14 13:26 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:28 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-14 13:47 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:31 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-14 21:23 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-07-14 13:55 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:00 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-15 0:29 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-14 14:07 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 15:28 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-18 18:51 ` Kelsey Hudson
2002-07-14 14:18 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:35 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-14 15:00 ` Rik van Riel
2002-07-14 19:13 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-07-14 14:20 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 15:56 ` Erik Andersen
2002-07-14 14:25 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:28 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 14:45 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-07-14 14:52 ` Thunder from the hill
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2002-07-14 15:05 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-07-14 15:12 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 16:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-14 15:15 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 15:27 ` Rik van Riel
2002-07-14 18:11 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 18:40 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-14 19:06 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-14 19:15 ` Sean Neakums
2002-07-14 19:42 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-14 19:02 ` Willy TARREAU
2002-07-14 23:58 ` Andrew Morton
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2002-07-14 21:09 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2002-07-14 21:46 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-14 20:43 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2002-07-14 21:59 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-14 20:54 ` Sean Neakums
2002-07-14 21:09 ` Mark Hahn
2002-07-14 22:20 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-07-14 21:07 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
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2002-07-14 22:14 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-15 3:34 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2002-07-15 3:38 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-15 3:44 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2002-07-15 4:36 ` Alexander Viro
2002-07-14 20:45 ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2002-07-14 20:49 ` Daniel Egger
2002-07-14 20:13 Joerg Schilling
2002-07-14 20:18 ` Rik van Riel
2002-07-15 9:11 ` venom
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2002-07-14 20:18 Joerg Schilling
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2002-07-15 11:23 ` Buddy Lumpkin
2002-07-15 12:22 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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