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SubjectRe: CD-ROM Driver Design
Hi!

> Is it possible to perform reads through the block_dev interface with an
> audio CD in the drive? I have been playing around with this for a little
> bit and can't get ll_rw_block() to do it. I have only been able to read
> data off an audio CD using CDROMREADAUDIO. Is that correct?
>
> The reason I ask is because I'm in the processes of writing an audio CD
> filesystem. The tracks are available as .wav or .au files. So far,
> everything is working, but I cannot use the block buffer infrastructure
> because of the block reading problem.
>
> It seems to me that the kernel should be able to recognize and deal
> with audio CDs. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that the kernel
> should provide obvious user space functionality such as doing mp3
> encoding, etc, but the need for CD rippers seems extraneous.

Someone already written cdrom filesystem, look at mailing list archives.

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