From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268700AbTGTWOJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:14:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268773AbTGTWOJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:14:09 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:57330 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268700AbTGTWOC (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:14:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:28:55 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Robert P. J. Day" , Linux kernel mailing list , Dave Jones , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: how to use "ATAPI:" protocol for IDE CD/RWs?? Message-ID: <20030720222854.GI26422@fs.tum.de> References: <20030720122653.C22265@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030720122653.C22265@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 12:26:53PM +0200, Rudo Thomas wrote: > > are there known problems with trying to access IDE CD/RWs directly > > through the IDE drivers, rather than using SCSI emulation? i've tried > > testing cdrecord using the "dev=ATAPI:x,y,z" option, and am having > > no luck. > > Take a look at > http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt > > Excerpt: > > CD Recording. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - Jens Axboe added the ability to use DMA for writing CDs on > ATAPI devices. Writing CDs should be much faster than it > was in 2.4, and also less prone to buffer underruns and the like. > - Updated cdrecord in rpm and tar.gz can be found at > *.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/tools/ >... @Dave: What about writing "You need cdrecord >= 2.0 for this." instead? > Rudo. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed