Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:43:27 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapicam(4) as KLD? Message-ID: <416EF2FF.2080102@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <416EE19D.50400@mac.com> References: <20041013205141.GA874@galgenberg.net> <20041014105927.GU718@empiric.icir.org> <200410141341.29774.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <416EC5F4.8000203@mac.com> <416EDA36.1070403@DeepCore.dk> <416EE19D.50400@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Søren Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Chuck Swiger wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>>>
>>>> Easy workaround: Put atapicam into GENERIC. I'm waiting for that to
>>>> happen ever since atapicam entered the tree.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd strongly agree, unless there is a major downside to doing so.
>>>
>>> (Disclaimer: Having ATAPICAM in GENERIC would reduce my email support
>>> burden for the dvd+rw-tools port by a noticable fraction. :-)
>>
>>
>> But will do the opposite to my mailbox, and I *dont* support atapicam,
>> so I think its a bad idea, besides I waste enough time as is, thanks...
>
>
> My comment about email support was intended to be humorous. If I didn't
> want to provide technical support to other people, I probably wouldn't
> spend as much time as I do answering people's questions, on list and off.
>
> Be that as it may, Soren, I guess you're free to not welcome questions
> about atapicam. Would having it in GENERIC would make much difference
> to you if other people are willing to answer any questions which get
> asked on the mailing lists about it...?
Well, I was talking about those mails that ends up in *my* mailbox, not
the lists, those I can unsubscribe to :) (and already have dome of them)
> Is burncd able to burn a DVD [+/-{R,W,RAM}] to an IDE device without
> using ATAPICAM? I think it is not unreasonable to expect the GENERIC
> kernel to be able to burn DVDs, as that can make for a reasonable backup
> mechanism.
To some extent, but its not complete, and wasting time wont help that
either now wont it ?
I'm just in a bad mood today, but I *really* dont need more mail in my
mailbox on things I have nothing todo with, I get plenty already...
--
-Søren
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