I have CD-RW configured with ide-scsi option. With devfs mounted it does
not show up in /dev/cdroms until you put in a CD for the first time. It
means, that no /dev/cdrom* link is setup at startup which is sort of
bad, as you cannot use it as normal CD-ROM.
This differs from IDE CD-ROMs that always exist and link is always
setup. Compare:
{pts/1}% ll /dev/cdroms/
����� 0
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 ��� 1 1970 cdrom0 ->
../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
{pts/1}% cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: iomega Model: jaz 2GB Rev: E.17
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: PHILIPS Model: CDD3610 CD-R/RW Rev: 3.09
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
{pts/1}% ll /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0
����� 0
now put CD into CD-RW and
{pts/1}% ll /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0
����� 0
brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 11, 0 ��� 1 1970 cd{pts/1}% ll
/dev/cdroms
����� 0
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 ��� 1 1970 cdrom0 ->
../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34 ��� 1 1970 cdrom1 ->
../scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd
this is now persistent, even when you remove CD you still have
/dev/cdrom/cdrom1 pointing to correct device.
-andrej
