SCSI cd emulation

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Fri Mar 4 19:50:50 CST 2005


On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 02:44:38AM +0100, Vincenzo Di Massa wrote:

> Alle 02:22, sabato 05 marzo 2005, Matt Zimmerman ha scritto:
> > I assume that you are using an SATA controller.
> >
> > Are you actually seeing the ide-scsi module loaded and in use, or are you
> > inferring its existence from the use of SCSI-style device nodes?
> 
> I'm using sata, you are right! I thought that it was using ide-scsi because i 
> thought libata cannot handle cd devices.
> 
> What changed in 2.6.10-25 that makes sata manage dvd and cd as scsi devices?

A fix for a bug which prevented CD/DVD devices from being recognized at all
on many SATA systems.

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 - mdz



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