Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5

From: Joerg Schilling (schilling@fokus.gmd.de)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 14:18:08 EST


>From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>

>> We don't need just another unrelated interface but a generic
>> transort. CDROM_SEND_PACKET is not a generic interface, it is limited
>> to ATAPI CD-ROM's.

>Wrong. It is a _generic CD-ROM packet interface. Thanks for not even
>spending the two seconds it would take reading the kernel source code
>to discover this.

>$ grep -l CDC_GENERIC_PACKET drivers/scsi/sr.c drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
>drivers/scsi/sr.c
>drivers/ide/ide-cd.c

That does not change anything.

Having a transport of limited usability is a problem for libscg.

BTW: If it turns out that people are interested in useful discussions,
I may put more effort in reading current Linux kernel sources.

Jörg

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