Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:29:53 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: burncd/cdcontrol Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210301025470.91026-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <200210272020.g9RKKdgY094462@spider.deepcore.dk>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > Hmm, it is true that I could use ATAPI command directly in burncd, and > I actually have a version in the lab that is ~75% converted to that, I'd love to see that once you're ready to release. > but that is not the only issue here. The ATAPI cd driver has quite a > bit of functionality that the SCSI cd driver hasn't, fx the ability > to read all kinds of CD's no matter what the block size, the ablity > to read individual tracks, and supporting ATAPI changer devices just > to mention a few :) We need to fixup cd(4) then. > Besides for some of us that uses small systems without SCSI in them, > saving the +100k of compiled code for the CAM overhead is important. > > Oh, and besides the SCSI/CAM cd driver didn't exist when I did the > first version of the ATAPI cd driver, that was the old SCSI system > back then... That's surprising to me since the man page claimed CAM cd(4) (not scd) appeared in 3.0R while acd(4) appeared in 4.0R. I guess you mean the predecessor to acd (was it wcd)? -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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