Re: IDE-CD and VT8235 issue!!!

[Patrick Petermair <black666@inode.at>]

Vojtech Pavlik:

> You're not alone with this problem. I suspect some fishy stuff in the
> vt8235, because the driver programs it exactly the same as vt8233a,
> but while the vt8233a doesn't seem to have problems with DVDs and
> CDs, the vt8235 fails for many people.

Thanks for the info ... like I expected ...

> Can you send me 'hdparm -i' of the drive?

starbase:/# hdparm -i /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:

 Model=TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1302, FwRev=1006, SerialNo=X900304741
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 
 AdvancedPM=no

Thanks for all your effort here. It's great to see such a good 
community.

Patrick