[5899] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: WG: AW: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Gooch)
Thu Feb 11 22:49:08 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:47:49 +1100
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
To: Monty <xiphmont@mit.edu>
Cc: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>,
Linux SCSI List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199902120117.UAA13240@cutter-john.MIT.EDU>
xiphmont@mit.edu writes:
> >Dont see how it would introduce new bugs into the old implementation since
> >all the relevant code would be #define'd out by the compiler. That is, if
> >its configured off, the code simply doesnt exist, and you get the old
> >implementation, pristine.
>
> The previous bug I'm referring to didn't occur in kernel code; it was
> introduced by kernel code changes that resulted in a system header
> change (and that was the bug).
Not that I want to fuel another flamewar here, but I'll point out that
the only structures in header files that the devfs patch touches are
structures which are not exported to user space. The structures
changed are ones which deal with the internal management of devices.
Regards,
Richard....
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