Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions)

Kev (klmitch@MIT.EDU)
Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:45:11 EST

> > Cdparanoia uses the HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl. It is not the only
> > package that uses it. Cdrecord, cdda2wav and pcmcia services (!) all
> > got nailed by this change. From 2.0.33 to 2.0.34 (sorry, I
> > misreported this earlier as 2.0.34->35. 2.0.33->34 is correct), the
>
> Yes I found it in the end. Thats a "ioctl should have changed number" case.
> The next step up on the IDE info ioctl did get this right Im glad to say

I hope you mean "new ioctl should have been added and old _documented_
as deprecated"; removing (or changing) old interfaces as soon as a new
one comes along is simply unacceptable. When I upgrade my kernel from
2.0.30 to 2.0.35, I expect _everything_ to continue working as it did
before. If a major change must be made, bump the major number; I have
no problem with having to get a new version of inet-utils when I change
from 2.0.36 to 2.2.1...

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