Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261896AbVBOUkt (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:40:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261876AbVBOUkt (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:40:49 -0500 Received: from a213-22-240-12.netcabo.pt ([213.22.240.12]:55173 "EHLO sergiomb.no-ip.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261879AbVBOUhD (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:37:03 -0500 X-Antivirus-bastov-Mail-From: sergio@sergiomb.no-ip.org via bastov X-Antivirus-bastov: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.2):. Processed in 0.353861 secs Process 11923) Subject: Re: ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device From: Sergio Monteiro Basto Reply-To: sergio@sergiomb.no-ip.org To: Alan Cox Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1108486952.4618.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1108426832.5015.4.camel@bastov> <1108434128.5491.8.camel@bastov> <42115DA2.6070500@osdl.org> <1108486952.4618.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:36:30 +0000 Message-Id: <1108499791.11356.9.camel@bastov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 (2.0.3-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1271 Lines: 35 Well the problem for the common users is the haldeamon doesn't recognize automatically /dev/scd0 and /etc/fstab don't have any entry about it. So with hdc=scsi, how I read cds on hdc ? thanks, Note: I am using last updates of FC3, after upgrade from FC1. On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:02 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-02-15 at 02:25, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > It means: don't use the ide-scsi driver. Support for it is > > lagging (not well-maintained) because it's really not needed for > > burning CDs. Just use the ide-cd driver (module) and > > specify the CD burner device as /dev/hdX. > > This information is unfortunately *WRONG*. The base 2.6 ide-cd driver is > vastly inferior to ide-scsi. The ide-scsi layer knows about proper error > reporting, end of media and other things that ide-cd does not. > > The -ac ide-cd knows some of the stuff that ide-cd needs to and works > with various drive/disk combinations the base code doesn't but ide-scsi > still handles CD's better. > > Alan > -- S?rgio M.B. - 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/