From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261336AbVFAWMy (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:12:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261332AbVFAWJP (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:09:15 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:21211 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261324AbVFAWGo (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:06:44 -0400 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 00:06:41 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Joerg Schilling Cc: jim@why.dont.jablowme.net, toon@hout.vanvergehaald.nl, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, ltd@cisco.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kraxel@suse.de, dtor_core@ameritech.net, 7eggert@gmx.de Subject: Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog Message-ID: <20050601220641.GD31585@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Schilling , jim@why.dont.jablowme.net, toon@hout.vanvergehaald.nl, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, ltd@cisco.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kraxel@suse.de, dtor_core@ameritech.net, 7eggert@gmx.de References: <26A66BC731DAB741837AF6B2E29C10171E60DE@xmb-hkg-413.apac.cisco.com> <20050530093420.GB15347@hout.vanvergehaald.nl> <429B0683.nail5764GYTVC@burner> <46BE0C64-1246-4259-914B-379071712F01@mac.com> <429C4483.nail5X0215WJQ@burner> <87acmbxrfu.fsf@bytesex.org> <429DD036.nail7BF7MRZT6@burner> <20050601154245.GA14299@voodoo> <429DE874.nail7BFM1RBO2@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <429DE874.nail7BFM1RBO2@burner> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2005-06-01: > Note that Linux did not have a usable /dev/whatever based interface 10 years ago. > Also note that cdda2wav distinguishes between "OS native Audio ioctl calls" and > generic SCSI from checking the dev= parameter. For this reason using > /dev/whateter is just wrong. Now this is an implementation detail of your application, and the OS abstraction inside your application might well use a smarter way of figuring out if it's a SCSI interface or not. -- Matthias Andree