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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


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