From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932081AbWAYRf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:35:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932082AbWAYRf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:35:26 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:47962 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932081AbWAYRfZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:35:25 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:27 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: grundig@teleline.es Cc: Joerg Schilling , jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, rlrevell@joe-job.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060125173127.GR4212@suse.de> References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <20060125144543.GY4212@suse.de> <20060125153057.GG4212@suse.de> <43D7AF56.nailDFJ882IWI@burner> <20060125181847.b8ca4ceb.grundig@teleline.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060125181847.b8ca4ceb.grundig@teleline.es> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 25 2006, grundig@teleline.es wrote: > El Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:03:18 +0100, > Joerg Schilling escribió: > > > Guess why cdrecord -scanbus is needed. > > > > It serves the need of GUI programs for cdrercord and allows them to retrieve > > and list possible drives of interest in a platform independent way. > > But this is not neccesary at all, since linux platform already > provides ways to retrieve and list possible drives.... In fact it would be a _lot_ easier to just scan sysfs and do an inquiry on potentially useful devices. -- Jens Axboe