From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 21:43:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC44C16A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:43:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C230C43D55 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:43:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [194.192.25.143] (laptop.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.143]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9ELhjxp056065; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:43:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <416EF2FF.2080102@DeepCore.dk> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:43:27 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040802) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger 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> In-Reply-To: <416EE19D.50400@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.4 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapicam(4) as KLD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:43:51 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: >=20 >> 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= =20 >>> burden for the dvd+rw-tools port by a noticable fraction. :-) >> >> >> But will do the opposite to my mailbox, and I *dont* support atapicam,= =20 >> so I think its a bad idea, besides I waste enough time as is, thanks..= =2E >=20 >=20 > My comment about email support was intended to be humorous. If I didn'= t=20 > 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 of= f. >=20 > 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=20 > asked on the mailing lists about it...? Well, I was talking about those mails that ends up in *my* mailbox, not=20 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=20 > using ATAPICAM? I think it is not unreasonable to expect the GENERIC=20 > kernel to be able to burn DVDs, as that can make for a reasonable backu= p=20 > mechanism. To some extent, but its not complete, and wasting time wont help that=20 either now wont it ? I'm just in a bad mood today, but I *really* dont need more mail in my=20 mailbox on things I have nothing todo with, I get plenty already... --=20 -S=F8ren