Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:08:13 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packet writing ( was Re: 3.0-R, CAM, and audio tracks (more info)) Message-ID: <19981019190813.C10530@rtfm.net> In-Reply-To: <199810192103.PAA25261@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth D. Merry on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 03:03:44PM -0600 References: <19981019223322.B17441@klemm.gtn.com> <199810192103.PAA25261@panzer.plutotech.com>
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On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 03:03:44PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > Andreas Klemm wrote... > > > > BTW, what about "packet writing" ? > > I really like this feature in Windoof environment. > > Would there be any possibility to implement this mode > > and to format/fixate by using a sysctl command or such ? > > And this is something that cdrecord won't do? cdrecord is the only > supported way of burning CDs under CAM. > > I may implement a more generic solution through the CD driver at some > point, but it probably won't be anytime soon. cdrecord-1.6 documents an "experimental" packet writing interface. Can someone clue me in as to what this is and the advantages/drawbacks of it? All I've heard about it is my cousin's rant about dragging and dropping to the CD in lose9x <G> I fail to see a good reason for an OS-specific in-kernel CD-R driver, when the cdrecord package works on plenty of systems that have SCSI generic devices (passthrough). Unless I am missing some advantage of having CD burning code in the kernel, this strikes me as a horrible duplication of effort. So, what am I missing and why is this a good idea? :) > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > ken@plutotech.com -- ________________ ___________________________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \ / "`IE4 brings the web to UNIX'? *laughing* / nathan@rtfm.net \/ Isn't that similar to Ronald McDonald bringing / finger for PGP key \ religion to the pope?" -Jamie Bowden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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