From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261809AbVCUOqE (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:46:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261468AbVCUOqE (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:46:04 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:29906 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261809AbVCUOp7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:45:59 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.11 AC patch CD/DVD issues From: Alan Cox To: takisd@alphalink.com.au Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1111332446.8418.47.camel@localhost> References: <1111332446.8418.47.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1111416216.14877.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:43:39 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2005-03-20 at 15:27, Takis Diakoumis wrote: > other ata controllers which then report errors as they can't be unloaded > - though i read somewhere on this list that this was by design???). IDE is designed to be compiled in. There is a lot to do to fix that. -ac has hackish unload support in test but the right solution is refcounting and driver model based and is in Bartlomiej's dev tree. > all cd ripping/reading tools for audio/multimedia cds report unable to > initialize /dev/cdrom (a link to cdrom device). Are you sure it points to the right device. I've seen similar reports where /dev/cdrom ended up pointing at the hard disk when the it8212 is added. Seems some distributions get confused when an IDE controller decides it wants to be first. > mode anyway. no change with either setting. if i disable the controller > from the bios, all is ok and i have full expected access to both cd and > dvd drives with all tools/apps etc. enabling again, i lose them beyond > simple data mounts. Sounds like the /dev/cdrom link is wrong