Sean Baker
srbaker@nwoca.org
> > > well, I've got a Wearnes 32x CD, that works fine under 2.0.xx, but only
> > > works as pure cdrom drive under 2.1.xx (no audio, no eject, no extra
> > > features - but you can still mount it and read iso9660 filesystems)
> > >
> > > In fact, you get no messages out of the kernel about it - it fails when
> > > you try to query the drive for it's configuration.
> >
> > How does it fail?
> >
>
> it fails cdrom_mode_sense silently; I had to turn on all the error
> messages to get something out of it (underrun if I remember correctly; I
> don't have the system in front of me here..)
>
> So, in ide_cdrom_probe_capabilities, there's a do loop (close to the
> begining of the function), that if the # of attempts to get sense data
> <= 0, it just plain returns. Well, this drive tickles that, so it still
> works as stated, but all other features are disabled (even though they
> work..) I think at least, it should say something HERE, that the drive
> failed trying to get the sense data...
>
> Not sure what the drive's problem is; it works for eject/audio/door
> locking under 2.0.35; but none of the above works with 2.2.x (last
> checked with 2.2.2pre1, w/AC2)
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