Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:35:46 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: 2.9test9-mm1 and DAO ATAPI cd-burning corrupt |
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On 6 Nov 2003, bill davidsen wrote: > > There is a problem with ide-scsi in 2.6, and rather than fix it someone > came up with a patch to cdrecord to allow that application to work > properly, and perhaps "better" in some way.
Wrong.
The "somebody" strongly felt that ide-scsi was not just ugly but _evil_, and that the syntax and usage of "cdrecord" was absolutely stupid.
That somebody was me.
ide-scsi has always been broken. You should not use it, and indeed there was never any good reason for it existing AT ALL. But because of a broken interface to cdrecord, cdrecord historically only wanted to touch SCSI devices. Ergo, a silly emulation layer that wasn't really worth it.
The fact that nobody has bothered to fix ide-scsi seems to be a result of nobody _wanting_ to really fix it.
So don't use it. Or if you do use it, send the fixes over.
Linus
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