Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 18:59:08 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: workman-atapi port - should I reupload it? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970112185908.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970112112901.rhh@elmer.ct.picker.com>; from Randall Hopper on Jan 12, 1997 11:29:01 -0500 References: <Mutt.19970112112901.rhh@elmer.ct.picker.com>
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As Randall Hopper wrote: > In 2.1 there was a workman-atapi port that worked & continues to work > great for me (I'm on 2.2-ALPHA now). Curious: why is there a separate ATAPI port required? The preferred API for handling CD requests in FreeBSD is using the ioctl interface (CDIO*). They are supposed to be device-independant, and leave all the work to the respective device drivers. Since workman isn't setuid root (which would IMHO be required to issue direct SCSI commands), i assume it's using that API. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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