From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932129AbWBMQgF (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:36:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932136AbWBMQgE (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:36:04 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:62356 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932129AbWBMQgE (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:36:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:35:56 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Joerg Schilling cc: tytso@mit.edu, peter.read@gmail.com, mj@ucw.cz, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <43F0A0A4.nailKUSSSCJAI@burner> Message-ID: References: <43EC8E18.nailISDJTQDBG@burner> <43EC93A2.nailJEB1AMIE6@burner> <20060210141651.GB18707@thunk.org> <43ECA3FC.nailJGC110XNX@burner> <20060210145238.GC18707@thunk.org> <43ECA934.nailJHD2NPUCH@burner> <20060210155711.GA11566@thunk.org> <43F0634C.nailKUS6JSGJH@burner> <20060213121503.GA31745@thunk.org> <43F0A0A4.nailKUSSSCJAI@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> It is _not_ a POSIX rule, as I and others have shown. You claimed it >> was required by POSIX, but you are quite clearly incorrect. It has >> never worked that way with Unix systems, and POSIX was always designed >> to codify existing practice. On Unix systems fixed disks would and >> did have their devices numbering schemes move around under a number of >> conditions. > >If you believe this, pleace give evidence. > >I was quoting POSIX documents which prove my claims...... > I suppose the world needs a POSIX subcommitte solely devoted for clarifying all the claims of all sides :-> Jan Engelhardt --