Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:01:21 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] command translation for ide-scsi cdrom (pls test) |
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On Tue, Oct 19 1999, Daniel R Risacher wrote: > Summary: > > Many audio-cdrom-playing programs don't work correctly with ATAPI > CDROM drives under ide-scsi translation, because ATAPI doesn't support > the PLAYAUDIO_TI command. The ide-cd driver handles this by > transforming CDROMPLAYTRKIND ioctls into something that the ATAPI > drive will understand, but this mechanism is bypassed when using > ide-scsi translation. > > Hopefully this will make life much easier for those of us who use > ide-scsi for CDROM drives. The patch was made against 2.2.12, > although since it's a new feature, it probably should have been > against 2.3.xx. (sorry)
The patch is not needed in 2.3.x, since CDROMPLAYTRKIND is emulated for both SCSI and ATAPI drives now. I suppose it might still be useful is somebody sent the commands through sg (or directly through one of the other channels), but that is just to obscure to guard against.
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * http://www.kernel.dk
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