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

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Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> wrote:

> >> The information printed will be printed in a format such as:
> >>
> >> b,t,l <= os_specific_name
> >
> >Why do you believe that this kind of mapping is needed?
> >
>
> Assume the user has a /dev/white_dvd and a /dev/black_dvd, both of being 
> the same brand. `cdrecord -scanbus` would return sth like
>
> scsibus0:
>         0,0,0     0) *
>         0,1,0     1) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' 'A301' Removable CD-ROM
>         0,2,0     2) *
>         0,3,0     3) *
>         0,4,0     4) *
>         0,5,0     5) *
>         0,6,0     6) *
>         0,7,0     7) *
> scsibus1:
>         1,0,0     0) *
>         1,1,0     1) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' 'A301' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,2,0     2) *
>         1,3,0     3) *
>         1,4,0     4) *
>         1,5,0     5) *
>         1,6,0     6) *
>         1,7,0     7) *
>
> probably. But how to find out from the btl which one is the black and which 
> one is the white one?

A user has a bigger chance to do that from b,t,l than a program has when
trying possible aliases....

And if you have a working vold on Solaris, libscg accepts the vold aliases.

Jörg

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