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SubjectRe: pktcdvd DVD+RW always writes at max drive speed (not media speed)

Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> writes:
>
> linuxer@ever.mine.nu writes:
>
> > In drivers/block/pktcdvd.c it appears that in the case of DVD
> > rewriting, pkt_open_write always sets the write speed to pkt_get_max_speed
> > (the maximum writing speed reported by the drive).
> >
> > In my case, I have a new drive capable of 8x re-writing. However, all of
> > my existing media is rated for only 4x rewrite speed.
> >
> > When attempting to rw mount these disks, pktcdvd reports:
> >
> > Feb 18 00:09:52 ever kernel: pktcdvd: write speed 11080kB/s
> > Feb 18 00:09:54 ever kernel: pktcdvd: 54 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -
> > sense 00.54.9c (No sense)
> > Feb 18 00:09:54 ever kernel: pktcdvd: pktcdvd0 Optimum Power Calibration failed
> >
> > And then of course a huge heap of I/O errors on the disk.
>
> Have you verified that this is caused by the speed setting, ie does it
> work correctly if you hack the driver to write at 4x speed?
>

Correct. Adding a hard-coded manual setting of write_speed = 5540 to
pkt_open_write results in functional operation (at least with 4x rated
DVD+RW media).

Obviously, this particular drive is perfectly happy to try to write at over
the rated media speed if it is asked to. I can't fault the manufacturer for
this, for I generally like the idea of letting the user decide instead of
imposing hardware/firmware fixed limits.
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