From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:43:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:43:12 -0500 Received: from msp-65-25-214-194.mn.rr.com ([65.25.214.194]:23680 "EHLO msp-65-25-214-194.mn.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:43:01 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:42:56 -0600 From: Rick Richardson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: vmware 2.0.3, kernel 2.4.0 and a cdrom Message-ID: <20010224184255.A4372@mn.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 14 2001, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > Since I installed Kernel 2.4.0 VMware is no longer able to > recognize my cdrom drive. VMware shows a dialog box on power up > with following content: > [...] > CDROM: '/dev/scd0' exists, but does not appear tobe a CDROM device. On Mon Jan 15 2001, Jens Axboe wrote: > Could you try with this patch, so maybe we can get some hints as to what > is going on? I didn't see any reply to the request to see the debug output from the patch. So here is the output when it is applied to kernel 2.4.2: Feb 24 18:36:11 ipcroe kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Feb 24 18:36:11 ipcroe kernel: sr0: scsi-1 drive Feb 24 18:36:19 ipcroe kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Feb 24 18:36:19 ipcroe kernel: Mode Sense (10) 00 0e 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 Feb 24 18:36:19 ipcroe kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current sr00:00: sense key Illegal Request Feb 24 18:36:19 ipcroe kernel: Additional sense indicates Invalid command operation code -Rick -- Rick Richardson rickr@mn.rr.com http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/ Twins Cities traffic animations are at http://members.nbci.com/tctraffic/ Important data should not be entrusted to Fisher, as it may eat it and make loud belching noises. -- RH 7.1 beta release notes.