Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

>> Which unfortunately leads us back to one of the early questions.
>>
>> If ATAPI is some sort of SCSI [command set] over ATA, and ide-cd can be used
>> without the "Big Bad" SCSI layer (CONFIG_SCSI), don't we have redundant code
>> floating around?
>
>CONFIG_SCSI???
>

What else?

>Why not using fully dynamical loadable kernel modules as done with Solaris 

Do you think I have scsi built-in? Not at all.

lsmod::
sg                     20120  0
sd_mod                 12304  0
usb_storage            73408  0
usbcore               108256  5 uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usb_storage
scsi_mod              103496  3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage

/proc/config.gz:
CONFIG_SCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH=m
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y

that's about all.

>since 1992? Since that time nobody cares because what you need is auto-loaded 
>on demand and there is absolutely no need for a manual configuration.


Jan Engelhardt
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