Hey, let's have an argument :))

> And no, burning or reading a CD is not a mission-critical application.

Yes it is. If you want to get Linux on the desktop, you better make it
work reliably. (And turning DMA off permanently is not "working".)

>   In any case, even those
> who do propagate this argument don't promise that _every_ piece of
> old hardware will work.

I agree, but not in the case of CD burners, whos programming interface
is essentially unchanged for the past decade.

;)

Volker

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