From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266341AbUHPVhp (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:37:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267963AbUHPVhp (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:37:45 -0400 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:35312 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266341AbUHPVho (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:37:44 -0400 From: David Lang To: Wakko Warner Cc: Kevin Fox , Alan Jenkins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:37:10 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Subject: Re: cd burning: kernel / userspace? In-Reply-To: <20040813001302.GA22879@animx.eu.org> Message-ID: References: <41189AA2.3010908@phonecoop.coop> <20040810220528.GA17537@animx.eu.org> <1092352000.2408.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040813001302.GA22879@animx.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Wakko Warner wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:13:02 -0400 > From: Wakko Warner > To: Kevin Fox > Cc: Alan Jenkins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: cd burning: kernel / userspace? > >> Why not use an interface similar to tapes? Have different devices for >> different modes of operation? > > IIRC, tapes use 2 devices. A rewind on close and a norewind on close. How > many devices would there be for the various cd burning? insert track gap on close (track-at-a-time) fixate disk on close (disk-at-a-time or final track) I don't know if it's worth trying for a 'do nothing on close' since that by definition leaves garbage at the close point so what other modes are needed? David Lang -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan