Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:15:02 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: CD-ROM Driver Design |
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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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