Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2 [ was: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) ]

[Matthias Andree]

Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-01-30:

> Albert Cahalan <acahalan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On 1/30/06, Joerg Schilling <schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Albert Cahalan <acahalan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Let's address the second bug first. Linux provides full
> > > > bus number and LUN info for all block devices. You get it
> > > > like this:
> > > >
> > > > struct stat sbuf;
> > > > stat("/dev/hdc", &sbuf);
> > > > int bus = sbuf.st_mode>>12;
> > > > int target = major(sbuf.st_rdev);
> > > > int lun = minor(sbuf.st_rdev);
> > >
> > > Now tell me how to match this with information from /dev/sg*
> >
> > You do the obvious, scanning /dev to find the device file.
> 
> I am sorry, but you obviously did not understand the problem.

Stop offending people who are trying to be helpful just because they
suggest different solutions than you expect. You - again - elided
Albert's crucial part, which even included an offer to fix things:

: If you need to map from /dev/hd* to /dev/sg*, then you have
: found a bug. Explain what must be added to /dev/hd* so that
: you don't need to go messing with /dev/sg* anymore.

-- 
Matthias Andree
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