linux-kernel - Re: PATA drivers queued for 2.6.19

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Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:10:13 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: PATA drivers queued for 2.6.19


>> * /dev/sdX does not support all the HDIO_xxx ioctls that /dev/hdX does. 
>>   In practice, the ioctls we ignored are ones that very few people care 
>> about.
>
>Add "/dev/sr*" does not support partitions. (That needs fixing anyway)

scd*/sr* is usually CDROM, which in the rarest case have a partition table, 
don't they? (sd* stands for Scsi Disk, but what's the r in sr standing 
for?)

>> As an aside, I would love to see paride updated to use libata, but we 
>> can probably count the number of paride users on one hand these days...
>
>and thats without using fingers or thumbs.

0? Could it be removed then? [I'm waiting for loud objection screams from 
paride users...]



Jan Engelhardt
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