Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:12:03 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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>> 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.
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