Re: [PATCH] DVD+RW support for 2.6.7-bk13

Peter Osterlund
2004-07-01T21:02:50Z

Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> writes:

> > This patch adds support for using DVD+RW drives as writable block
> > devices under the 2.6.7-bk13 kernel.
> >
> > The patch is based on work from:
> >
> > Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> - Wrote the 2.4 patch
> > Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net> - Initial porting to 2.6.x
> >
> > It works for me using an Iomega Super DVD 8x USB drive.
>
> Any chance of this working with dvd±r? (Same question for cd-r on the other
> patch).

No, not for now. I think support for non-rewritable media requires
changes both in the udf filesystem and in the pktcdvd driver.