From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263795AbUHJKHj (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:07:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263851AbUHJKHj (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:07:39 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:65454 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263795AbUHJKHh (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:07:37 -0400 X-Authenticated: #4512188 Message-ID: <41189E61.2000302@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:07:29 +0200 From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040805) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Andree CC: David Woodhouse , linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices References: <1092082920.5761.266.camel@cube> <1092124796.1438.3695.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> <20040810095223.GJ10361@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20040810095223.GJ10361@merlin.emma.line.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.85.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Andree wrote: |>That seems reasonable, but _only_ if burnfree is not enabled. If the |>hardware _supports_ burnfree but it's disabled, the warning should also |>recommend turning it on. | | | burnfree causes a few broken pits/lands on the CD-R so it is best | avoided if the hardware can do it. That you don't see these is a matter | of the reading drive not exporting such information and EFM and CIRC | usually correcting them, but it's still lower quality than a burn | process that hadn't needed burnfree at all. Some addition: Even if your statement is correct, the data read is not different, as C1 error correction should mask it. Yes, the quality obviosly is lower, but most probably you won't notice it, unless the disk degrades with time/scratches and now more errors appear, so it isn't correctable anymore. But I think it is paranoic to rather have coasters than living with a bit less quality at some spots where buffer underruns occured. Prakash -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBGJ5hxU2n/+9+t5gRAtDtAKCnOgqG+6PobYDcDuNxdA6zdjPQwACgxjxL Vy0KwpXHoMixCIvKeuxsZP0= =WEtE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----