Re: [PATCH 2.5.22] simple ide-tape.c and ide-floppy.c cleanup

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl)
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:37:13 +0200 (MET DST)


On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:

> Użytkownik Jens Axboe napisał:
> > On Thu, Jun 20 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >
> >>U?ytkownik Jens Axboe napisa?:
> >>
> >>>On Wed, Jun 19 2002, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Looks pretty good in general, just one minor detail:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>+
> >>>>+/*
> >>>>+ * ATAPI packet commands.
> >>>>+ */
> >>>>+#define ATAPI_FORMAT_UNIT_CMD 0x04
> >>>>+#define ATAPI_INQUIRY_CMD 0x12
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>[snip]
> >>>
> >>>We already have the "full" list in cdrom.h (GPCMD_*), so lets just use
> >>>that. After all, ATAPI_MODE_SELECT10_CMD _is_ the same as the SCSI
> >>>variant (and I think the _CMD post fixing is silly, anyone familiar with
> >>>this is going to know what ATAPI_WRITE10 means just fine)
> >>>
> >>>Same for request_sense, that is already generalized in cdrom.h as well.
> >>
> >>I wonder what FreeBSD is using here? I see no need for invention at
> >>this place.
> >
> >
> > The invention would be adding the ATAPI_* commands, Linux has used the
> > GPCMD_ convention for quite some time now.
>
> Agreed. The ATAPI prefix would be confusing, since those are in reality SCSI
> commands anyway...

I think we should use scsi.h and get rid of GPCMD_* convention also.
Jens, do you want "corrected" patch?

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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

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