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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:09:36 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> To: Eduard Bloch <edi@....de> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, debburn-devel@...ts.alioth.debian.org Subject: Re: broken device locking, sg vs. sg_io on block devices On Mar 30 2007 16:21, Eduard Bloch wrote: >> >> First the hardsware is broken when it can't deal with concurrent requests, >> I'd try to get a refund for it. Second wodim should never ever use >> /dev/sg if the sr node is available. And third HAL should stop poking >> devices all the time. Then again hald is a totally lost cause and >> I can only recommend to uninstall it ASAP. As part of opensuse 10.2, I do have hald running. It has not interfered with cd writing so far. Though, I do not run any automounter like autofs or ivman. > - there is a fixed mapping between the fake-SCSI numbers and devices > established by Schilling. It accepts dev=/dev/hdc, even if noone wants to admit it. > - hald is installed together with KDE. Do you suggest to remove KDE as > well? I don't think so. hald is installed as part of the base system, not kde. (If I uninstall it, stuff like battery status on textconsole ceases to work here.) Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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