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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