Bodo Eggert schrieb am 2006-03-27: > As I understand, having a /dev/sd0815 corresponding to a /dev/sg4711 is > the root of all evil and idiotic things, and moving all sg functions into > the apropiate place is the sane thing to do. > > This patch is a part of the process, and as soon as all sg functions are > available using /dev/s[dtr]*, the corresponding sg devices should be > deprecated and removed. Oh, I hear Schilling wailing... Seriously, at the time such changes are committed, a good manual for how user-space applications are to be upgraded wouldn't hurt, and I am indeed proposing that those familiar with the code should write it - perhaps when porting an existing application to the new interfaces. -- Matthias Andree - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html