Re: cdrecord hangs my computer

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Tero Knuutila wrote:
>
> My system hangs everytime I try to  burn my .wav files to cd with cdrecord.
> Usually few tracks go succesfully but then everything stops. Even the mouse
> won't move and powerbutton does not affect.

Is this with ide-scsi? If so, does the appended patch help?

If not, we really need a whole lot more information (hw config, messages
etc).

		Linus

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# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
# This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
# This patch includes the following deltas:
#	           ChangeSet	1.1499  -> 1.1500
#	drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c	1.33    -> 1.34
#
# The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
# --------------------------------------------
# 03/12/02	torvalds@home.osdl.org	1.1500
# Fix ide-scsi.c uninitialized variable
# --------------------------------------------
#
diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c	Sat Dec  6 00:12:13 2003
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c	Sat Dec  6 00:12:13 2003
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
 	pc->current_position=pc->buffer;
 	bcount.all = IDE_MIN(pc->request_transfer, 63 * 1024);		/* Request to transfer the entire buffer at once */

+	feature.all = 0;
 	if (drive->using_dma && rq->bio) {
 		if (test_bit(PC_WRITING, &pc->flags))
 			feature.b.dma = !HWIF(drive)->ide_dma_write(drive);