Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5

[H. Peter Anvin]

Erik Andersen wrote:
>>
>>Lovely.  Let's make EACH APPLICATION support two disjoint APIs for no 
>>good reason.
> 
> Lovely.  Lets rip off a sarcastic answer without spending two
> seconds to think.  Why would anybody need to support two APIs?  
> The existing CDROM_SEND_PACKET ioctl is an ATAPI/SCSI pass
> through interface, and is sufficient to operate both IDE and 
> SCSI cd writers.
> 

That's fine, but it still only supports CD writers.  We have a generic 
packet interface for a good reason -- we should be able to access it 
regardless of device type.

It's a specific solution to a generic problem.

	-hpa