Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) I'm not part of it even
as the primary user, so..
as the primary user, so..
Anyway, cdrom devices are definitely *not* a reason for using /dev/sg*, exactly because no cdrom burner would ever use anything but SG_IO, because it they did, they'd not work in 99% of all cases during the big reign of cheap ATA CD/DVD drives.
the big reign of cheap ATA CD/DVD drives.
Linus
Linus
Linus
as the primary user, so..
Anyway, cdrom devices are definitely *not* a reason for using /dev/sg*, exactly because no cdrom burner would ever use anything but SG_IO, because it they did, they'd not work in 99% of all cases during the big reign of cheap ATA CD/DVD drives.
the big reign of cheap ATA CD/DVD drives.
Linus
Linus
Linus