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

[Joerg Schilling]

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Where is the difference between SG_IO-on-hdx and sg0?

-	Accessing _all_ SCSI devices from a unique name space.

-	Using a driver that if located at the right layering level
	(just above the transport) but not at the block level where 
	SCSI transport does not belong.

-	Cutting down kernel size by avoiding multiple implemenations
	of code for the same purpose.

There are of course more....



Jörg

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