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Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>,
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	Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c atapi-cd.h
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <473E238D.4030800@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:
>  =20
>> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>    =20
>
>  =20
>>>> Well, there are two questions:  media present (yes/no) and drive cap=
able
>>>> of telling if media present without just trying to read it (yes/no).=

>>>>        =20
>>> This risk reopening the old religious war if drivers should poll
>>> their drives to be up to date on media existence.
>>>      =20
>> This has nothing to do with polling, you're just trotting out an=20
>> irrelevant argument to divert attention.
>>    =20
>
> No, I merely pointed out that Nates worries had an obvious and widely
> accepted solution, which unfortunately is religiously unacceptable
> in certain parts of FreeBSD storage subsystems.
>
> For all I know, the problem sos@ has complained about has a solution
> that just needs somebody to change the relevant few lines of code.
>  =20
Exactly, and until that has been hashed out I rest my case, I have=20
better things todo.

-S=F8ren