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From: Pat LaVarre <p.lavarre@ieee.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DVD-RAM rewritable again
Date: 04 Aug 2004 05:35:47 -0600
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To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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> > @@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ static int cdrom_open_write(struct cdrom
> >  	if (CDROM_CAN(CDC_RAM) &&
> >  	    !CDROM_CAN(CDC_CD_R|CDC_CD_RW|CDC_DVD|CDC_DVD_R)) 
> >  		ret = cdrom_ram_open_write(cdi);
> > +	else if (CDROM_CAN(CDC_DVD_RAM))
> > +		ret = 0;
> ...
> That looks fine!

Good to hear, I was not certain.

Can I/ should I do anything more to help, ... before we begin the 2.4.28
work of making USB DVD-RAM discs also rewritable, same as USB Iomega REV
discs?

Pat LaVarre

P.S. I notice kernel.org changing in parallel with this thread:

--- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.27.log
...
Summary of changes from v2.4.27-rc4 to v2.4.27-rc5
...
Marcelo Tosatti:
  o Revert DVD-RW write support for now: axboe@suse.de|ChangeSet|20040606235035|46544
  o Cset exclude: axboe@suse.de|ChangeSet|20040607195639|57919
...
---

Me the kernelnewbie, I don't yet know how to click thru to a ChangeSet
to see specifically what these summaries mean.