Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:35:54 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Is ide-scsi + scsi-cdrom a replacement for ide-cdrom? |
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On Wed, Sep 29 1999, Zygo Blaxell wrote: > I'm more interested in things that the IDE CD driver can do that IDE-SCSI > + SCSI-CDROM can't. I am tempted to create a kernel binary, for possible > distribution to N people on CD, that contains the IDE-SCSI emulation layer > and SCSI CD-ROM support _instead of_ IDE-CDROM support. This makes IDE > CD-R drivers work, among other things. > > Is this a good idea? So far the only problem I've heard about is that > CD changers don't work through the IDE-SCSI layer (I used to have one of > those, too, but unfortunately I don't any more). Is there some equivalent > SCSI command that can be sent to such drivers through the IDE-SCSI layer?
In upcoming kernels, changer support will work equally well with ATAPI, SCSI and IDE-SCSI so that should not be an issue. ide-cd contains work arounds for faulty hardware that you will miss. I think the best solution would be a setup with both ide-scsi and ide-cd, running ordinary drives with ide-cd and cd-r/w with ide-scsi.
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * http://www.kernel.dk
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