Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Joerg Schilling]

Joerg Schilling <schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > >> > Well, this is a deficit of the Linux kernel - not libscg.
> > >>
> > >> This is exactly what I have written -- extra effort is needed to get
> > >> a stable numbering (which Solaris does), but you can use a very similar
> > >> extra care to get stable names (which Linux with udev does).
> > >
> > >As this conceptional deficite in Linux causes Linux to break POSIX
> > >compliance e.g. for stat(2) with hot plugged devices, people with 
> >
> > The struct stat->st_rdev field need to be stable too to comply to POSIX?
>
> Correct.

Mmmm, it looks like I did oversee that you did change the subject.....

I did say that stat->st_dev needs to be stable

Jörg

-- 
 EMail:joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin
       js@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                (uni)  
       schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/
 URL:  http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/