Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 01:51:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 01:51:11 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:12160 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 01:51:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:56:37 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Jure Repinc Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Support for Mount Rainier / Packet Writing Message-ID: <20021007055637.GD1738@suse.de> References: <3DA09C34.4070709@holodeck1.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DA09C34.4070709@holodeck1.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1123 Lines: 30 On Sun, Oct 06 2002, Jure Repinc wrote: > Hi all. > > Now that feature freeze is just around the corner I would like to ask > you if we will get support for packet writing in the 2.6/3.0 kernel. It > would be especialy nice to have support for Mount Rainier which enables > easy use of CD-RWs and that would help people (especially newbies) that > use CD-RWs a lot. > > There are some patches from Jens Axboe that are available here: > http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/patches/packet/2.5/ These are for CD-RW transparent writing, not cd-mrw. > Are patches these OK for this or would support have to be completely > rewriten? I had patches for 2.4 that enable mt rainier support in ide-cd and sr, they need to be polished a bit and submitted. I don't view the feature freeze as a big problem here, it's just minor additions to the cd-rom driver so... -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/