Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:02:34 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [git patches] libata update |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >> Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >>> * Asynchronous notification -- finally userspace CD-ROM polling can go >>> away! >>> (NOTE: waiting on James B to apply the piece that actually makes this >>> work...) >> >> Does it depend on hardware offering suitable support? What are chances >> for >> it to work on 5 years old DVD-ROM? > > Correct -- it requires a new SATA CD-ROM with the AN capability.
And some SATA CD-ROMs lie about AN capability and sends nothing when media event occurs. Do we need to start a blacklist or whitelist? :-)
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