Re: atapicam(4) as KLD?

Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Søren Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> Chuck Swiger wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>>>
>>>> Easy workaround: Put atapicam into GENERIC. I'm waiting for that to 
>>>> happen ever since atapicam entered the tree.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd strongly agree, unless there is a major downside to doing so.
>>>
>>> (Disclaimer: Having ATAPICAM in GENERIC would reduce my email support 
>>> burden for the dvd+rw-tools port by a noticable fraction.  :-)
>>
>>
>> But will do the opposite to my mailbox, and I *dont* support atapicam, 
>> so I think its a bad idea, besides I waste enough time as is, thanks...
> 
> 
> My comment about email support was intended to be humorous.  If I didn't 
> want to provide technical support to other people, I probably wouldn't 
> spend as much time as I do answering people's questions, on list and off.
> 
> Be that as it may, Soren, I guess you're free to not welcome questions 
> about atapicam.  Would having it in GENERIC would make much difference 
> to you if other people are willing to answer any questions which get 
> asked on the mailing lists about it...?

Well, I was talking about those mails that ends up in *my* mailbox, not 
the lists, those I can unsubscribe to :) (and already have dome of them)

> Is burncd able to burn a DVD [+/-{R,W,RAM}] to an IDE device without 
> using ATAPICAM?  I think it is not unreasonable to expect the GENERIC 
> kernel to be able to burn DVDs, as that can make for a reasonable backup 
> mechanism.

To some extent, but its not complete, and wasting time wont help that 
either now wont it ?

I'm just in a bad mood today, but I *really* dont need more mail in my 
mailbox on things I have nothing todo with, I get plenty already...

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-Søren