Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 12 Aug 2004 03:57:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | "Robert M. Stockmann" <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices |
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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004, H.Rosmanith wrote:
> hi, > > I've written a patch for cdrecord/cdrtools. I've sent it to Joerg Schilling > already, but got no answer so far. Probably he's on vaccation. > > I'm sending this to LKML too, because I've read about some ... nebulosity > with respect to scsi device numbering as used by cdrtools. > > To cut a long story short: the patch avoids cdrecord having to use the > "virtual" scsi device numbering in the form of "ATAPI:x.y.z" and allows > you to use the name of the device, e.g. /dev/hdc instead. > > By removing the IDE to virtual scsi bus/host/lun mapping, a lot of confusion > can be avoided especially if you have a lot devices of this kind in one > system. > > with kind regards, > Herbert "herp" Rosmanith > > Version: cdrtools-2.01a34 > > Solution: when the device specified in dev= starts with "/dev/hd" and > this device can be found in /proc/ide, then cdrecord (and all > it's components, such as e.g. cdrdao) is forced to use the > ATAPI driver. > > The patch is really very short and works at least on our system. > > with kind regards, > Herbert Rosmanith
Its indeed not straight forward to use cdrtools-2.0x together with kernel 2.6.x . As an aid for the user, i wrote a small HOWTO for using cdrtools together with kernel 2.6, with special focus on retrieval of which device names to use. The small HOWTO can be found on :
http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd/HOWTO-ossdvd.html
regards,
Robert -- Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE Network Engineer - UNIX/Linux Specialist crashrecovery.org stock@stokkie.net
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