Subject: Re: READ SCSI cmd seems to fail on SATA optical devices...
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Mathieu Fluhr <mfluhr@nero.com>
Cc: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>, jgarzik@pobox.com,
       linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:32:52 +0100
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On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 19:56 +0100, Mathieu Fluhr wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 13:49 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> > Mathieu Fluhr wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I recently tried to burn some datas on CDs and DVD using a SATA burner
> > > and the latest 2.6.18.2 kernel... using NeroLINUX. (It is controlling
> > > the device by sending SCSI commands over the 'sg' driver)
> > > 
> > 
> > Please note that the sg interface is depreciated.  It is now recommended 
> > that you send the CCBs directly to the normal device, i.e. /dev/hdc.
> 
> Of course for native IDE devices, we are using the /dev/hdXX device, but
> for SATA devices controlled by the libata, this is not possible ;)

for those there is /dev/scd0 etc...

(usually nicely symlinked to /dev/cdrom)


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