Re: tp_smapi conflict with IDE, hdaps

From: Shem Multinymous
Date: Wed Dec 14 2005 - 10:02:56 EST


On 12/13/05, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Maw, 2005-12-13 at 20:41 +0200, Shem Multinymous wrote:
> > Meanwhile, I found out that with this drive, "hdparm -E" does affect
> > CD-R discs
> That is expected behaviour. DVD speed is controlled by different
> interfaces

Duh! It's set via SET_STREAMING instead of SELECT_SPEED. There are
even a couple of (rejected?) kernel patches [1][2] and a userspace
tool [3], though neither hdparm nor eject know about it.

Good, so CD/DVD speed is none of tp_smapi's business. Thanks for the info!

Shem

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/21/55
[2] http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Aug/7393.html
[3] http://safari.iki.fi/speedcontrol.c
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