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-What: old NCR53C9x driver
-When: October 2007
-Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level
- driver can be ported over almost trivially.
-Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
- Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
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-
What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When: December 2008
Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h include/linux/videodev.h
controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter.
Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
+---------------------------
+
+What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI)
+When: 2.6.29
+Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which
+ eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more
+ efficient in every way.
+Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>