>> * /dev/sdX does not support all the HDIO_xxx ioctls that /dev/hdX does. >> In practice, the ioctls we ignored are ones that very few people care >> about. > >Add "/dev/sr*" does not support partitions. (That needs fixing anyway) scd*/sr* is usually CDROM, which in the rarest case have a partition table, don't they? (sd* stands for Scsi Disk, but what's the r in sr standing for?) >> As an aside, I would love to see paride updated to use libata, but we >> can probably count the number of paride users on one hand these days... > >and thats without using fingers or thumbs. 0? Could it be removed then? [I'm waiting for loud objection screams from paride users...] Jan Engelhardt -- -- VGER BF report: H 4.996e-16 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
