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

From: Matthias Andree
Date: Fri Feb 17 2006 - 07:07:08 EST


Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-02-17:

> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Namespace split ATA/SCSI is unfixed in 2.01.01a06.
>
> The namne space split is a Linux kernel bug

Define: name space := cdrecord/libscg device identifier,
specified as [transport:]bus,target,lun

It is a libscg bug, as proven before in
<http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0602.0/1103.html>

(Just so you don't get the last word.)

> > Linux uname() detection code is broken since 2.6.10 because it assumes
> > fixed-width fields.
>
> Warnings related to Linux kernel bugs

OK. Since the bug is actually beneficial to Linux >= 2.6.10 users, I'm
not detailing. You don't need to fix it.

--
Matthias Andree
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