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From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Subject: Re: [RFC] libata: add MODE_SENSE(6) emulation?
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 09:21:34 -0400
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One thing that should get added to libata
is the ability to issue READ_BUFFER_CAPACITY (5C)
during write operations to CD/DVD-RW.

That way, userland apps can show the buffer usage
and adapt data transmission to match etc..

Just like they do today with ide-scsi.

Or is this already there?

Cheers