From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267164AbUHOV4Z (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:56:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267165AbUHOV4Z (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:56:25 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:15329 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267164AbUHOV4Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:56:24 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.8.1 Mis-detect CRDW as CDROM From: Alan Cox To: John Wendel Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <411FD919.9030702@comcast.net> References: <411FD919.9030702@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1092603225.18415.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:53:46 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2004-08-15 at 22:43, John Wendel wrote: > K3B detects my Lite-on LTR-52327S CDRW as a CDROM when run with 2.6.8.1. > Booting back into 2.6.7 corrects the problem. I've attached the (totally > uninteresting parts of) dmesg. Any clues appreciated. The kernel really has no understanding of the difference here, and the two dmesg files are identical so what makes you make that claim