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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:04:29 +0200 (EET)
From:      Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: workman-atapi port - should I reupload it?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970113190254.6769M-100000@trifork.gu.net>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970112185908.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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Hi,

On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, J Wunsch wrote:

> 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.

	... and "plain" workman Just Works with ATAPI CDROMs for
	me since long ago, if you'll just point to a right /dev/
	entry.

Best regards,
Andrew Stesin

nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE





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