old Plextor CD Writer PX-W1210A is not recognized

[Mario Bachmann <grafgrimm77@gmx.de>]

Hello, 

my old PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, FwRev=1.09 is not recognized any more in Linux 2.6.31.4. 

In my old Rescue-Linux on the same machine with Linux 2.6.25.14 the CD-Writer is recognized and it works. 

To give you some Information about the Plextor-CD-Burner, I booted my old 2.6.25.14-Linux: 

# uname -a
Linux amd2000 2.6.25.14 #1 Fri Aug 1 23:55:59 CEST 2008 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

# hdparm -Ii /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:

 Model=PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, FwRev=1.09, SerialNo=
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:180,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 
 AdvancedPM=no

 * signifies the current active mode

# ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda10
/dev/hda11
/dev/hda2
/dev/hda3
/dev/hda4
/dev/hda5
/dev/hda6
/dev/hda7
/dev/hda8
/dev/hda9
/dev/hdb
/dev/hdb1
/dev/hdc

# dmesg|grep -e hda -e hdb -e hdc -e hdd
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: SAMSUNG SP1614N, ATA DISK drive
hdb: SAMSUNG SP1614N, ATA DISK drive
hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hda: UDMA/100 mode selected
hdb: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdb: UDMA/100 mode selected
hdc: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdc: MWDMA2 mode selected
hda: max request size: 512KiB
hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
hda: cache flushes supported
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
hdb: max request size: 512KiB
hdb: Host Protected Area detected.
hdb: Host Protected Area disabled.
hdb: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
hdb: cache flushes supported
 hdb: hdb1
hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
XFS mounting filesystem hda9
Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda9
XFS mounting filesystem hda6
Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda6
XFS mounting filesystem hda8
Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda8
Adding 1199992k swap on /dev/hda10.  Priority:1 extents:1 across:1199992k

# dmesg |grep ide
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Rescue ro root=309 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr agp=off max_loop=16
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15

The difference between my old 2.6.25.14-Linux and the newer 2.6.31.4-Linux is mainly the actuality of the updates (and the kernel). 
I configured the kernel by my own and the changes were made with "make oldconfig" and answer the questions. 

Can You please tell me if/why the Plextor do not work any more. Or better: Give me instructions to get it working again in newer versions of Linux Kernel. 
Thank You. 

Greetings
Mario