From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265345AbTLSG6i (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:58:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265346AbTLSG6i (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:58:38 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:57510 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265345AbTLSG6g (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:58:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:58:31 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Pascal Schmidt Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6: ATAPI MO drive support Message-ID: <20031219065831.GU2069@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 19 2003, Pascal Schmidt wrote: > > Hi! > > The below patch is needed to support ATAPI MO drives in 2.6. ide-scsi > doesn't work any more for this, so ide-cd has to take over the job of > running the MO drive. Without this, there is no way to write to an > ATAPI MO drive. > > This patch has been discussed with Linus and Jens already around test9 > time and it was agreed this is the right way to go about it. I have > rediffed it against 2.6.0. Compiles, runs, works just fine for me. Thanks for reminding us, I'm fine with the patch and it should be applied. -- Jens Axboe