Re: IDE-CD and VT8235 issue!!!

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:56:25PM +0100, Patrick Petermair wrote:
> 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.

If you can, please try 2.4.20 with this patch.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs