Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Matthias Andree]

Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-02-02:

> Jim Crilly <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Every other method to access those devices uses the device name, i.e.
> > mount, fsck, etc, so why should cdrecord be different?
> 
> inadequateness on Linux did force libscg to go this way.
> 
> The current method used by libscg is well established since 10 years.
> 
> Now Linux likes to confuse people by trying to enforce a completely 
> incompatible access method.
> 
> Note that I need to avoid unneeded efforts and for this reason, I need to wait
> 5 years until is is forseable that a recent incompatible change in Linux will
> survive long enough to spent time on it.

It is incompatible? Looks like the code is already implemented and ATA:
is in the regular device name space (where RSCSI and the other options
reside as well).

-- 
Matthias Andree
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