[5238] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: ioctl call CDROMREADRAW
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Andree)
Sun Nov 29 20:14:09 1998
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:46:57 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <mandree@sx1.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
To: Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Mail-Followup-To: Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3661AEEA.CAA1479C@mpegtv.com>; from Tristan Savatier on Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 12:30:34PM -0800
On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 12:30:34PM -0800, Tristan Savatier wrote:
> I noticed that the RedHat 5.1 and 5.2 kernels have support
> for reading Video-CDs (i.e. CDROM-XA) with IDE drives,
> but NOT with SCSI drives.
>
> Reading CDROM-XA uses the ioctl call CDROMREADRAW.
>
> I have read that CDROMREADRAW for SCSI is supported in
> kernel 2.1.34+, but is there a chance that:
>
> - A patch be available for the many people using
> redhat 5.1 or 5.2 ?
>
> - It will be available in RedHat 5.3 ?
This is entirely off-topic. Go and annoy Red Hat with your questions,
that's what they're good for. The Kernel has the feature, it's Red Hat
who are not using it.
--
Matthias Andree
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