Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261826AbVACVC5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:02:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261796AbVACVAg (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:00:36 -0500 Received: from av9-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net ([81.228.10.108]:45253 "EHLO av9-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261826AbVACU75 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:59:57 -0500 To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] pktcdvd: Small documentation update References: <20050103011113.6f6c8f44.akpm@osdl.org> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 03 Jan 2005 21:47:23 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1513 Lines: 33 Mention that a new DVD+RW disc has to be formatted before first use. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund --- linux-petero/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt~packet-doc-fix Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt --- linux/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt~packet-doc-fix 2005-01-02 22:27:34.795395208 +0100 +++ linux-petero/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt 2005-01-02 22:27:34.798394752 +0100 @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ shall implement "true random writes with that it should be possible to put any filesystem with a block size >= 2KB on such a disc. For example, it should be possible to do: + # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc (only needed if the disc has never + been formatted) # mkudffs /dev/hdc # mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime @@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ writes are not 32KB aligned. Both problems can be solved by using the pktcdvd driver, which always generates aligned writes. + # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc # pktsetup dev_name /dev/hdc # mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name # mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime _ -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://web.telia.com/~u89404340 - 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/