linux-kernel - Re: [SCSI] fix media change events for polled devices

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Message-Id: <1206133787.2961.52.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:09:47 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [SCSI] fix media change events for polled devices


On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 17:04 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> James Bottomley wrote:
> > It's fixed, and nothing else is additionally broken by the current fix.
> 
> Other than the newly-inconsistent, exported-to-userspace interface, ITYM.

How is it newly inconsistent?  It can still be used in the manner you
intended it, namely to tell if the CD supports AN or not.  When we add
the new bit, we'll have to add a new file for it anyway.

James


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