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From: Adam Vande More <[email protected]> To: Patrick Powell <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: docs/181845: Virtualbox Host Setup needs acd0 in /etc/devfs.conf, also enable atapicam Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:55:38 -0500 --047d7bd751602a13e304e5a6a163 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Patrick Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Number: 181845 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Virtualbox Host Setup needs acd0 in /etc/devfs.conf, also > enable atapicam > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: doc-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 05 17:30:00 UTC 2013 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Patrick Powell > >Release: 8.4 > >Organization: > Astart Technologies > >Environment: > FreeBSD laptop_84.private 8.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE #0 r251259: Sun > Jun 2 21:26:57 UTC 2013 > [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > > >Description: > The Wiki: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox > > And section 22.3.3 Virtualbox Host DVD/CD Access both indicate that > /etc/devfs.conf needs: > > perm cd* 0600 > perm xpt0 0660 > perm pass* 0660 > > However, if the CD/DVD on the host is detected as acd0 then you need: > > link acd0 cd0 > perm acd* 0600 > perm xpt0 0660 > perm pass* 0660 > > Also, as noted in another PR, you need to enable ATAPICAM. From the Wiki: > > Host DVD/CD access > > atapicam kernel module needs to be loaded via /boot/loader.conf: > > atapicam_load="YES > Are you sure this makes sense? Using atapicam makes /dev/cd0 available therefore the devfs.conf is good as is. The atapicam reference should be there though. -- Adam Vande More --047d7bd751602a13e304e5a6a163 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T= hu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Patrick Powell <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]"; target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&g= t;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-= left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> >Number: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 181845<br> >Category: =A0 =A0 =A0 docs<br> >Synopsis: =A0 =A0 =A0 Virtualbox Host Setup needs acd0 in /etc/devfs.co= nf, also enable atapicam<br> >Confidential: =A0 no<br> >Severity: =A0 =A0 =A0 non-critical<br> >Priority: =A0 =A0 =A0 low<br> >Responsible: =A0 =A0freebsd-doc<br> >State: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0open<br> >Quarter:<br> >Keywords:<br> >Date-Required:<br> >Class: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0doc-bug<br> >Submitter-Id: =A0 current-users<br> >Arrival-Date: =A0 Thu Sep 05 17:30:00 UTC 2013<br> >Closed-Date:<br> >Last-Modified:<br> >Originator: =A0 =A0 Patrick Powell<br> >Release: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A08.4<br> >Organization:<br> Astart Technologies<br> >Environment:<br> FreeBSD laptop_84.private 8.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE #0 r251259: Sun J= un =A02 21:26:57 UTC 2013 =A0 =A0 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/sr= c/sys/GENERIC =A0amd64<br> <br> >Description:<br> The Wiki:<br> <a href=3D"https://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox"; target=3D"_blank">https://w= iki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox</a><br> <br> And section 22.3.3 Virtualbox Host DVD/CD Access both indicate that /etc/de= vfs.conf needs:<br> <br> perm cd* 0600<br> perm xpt0 0660<br> perm pass* 0660<br> <br> However, if the CD/DVD on the host is detected as acd0 then you need:<br> <br> link acd0 =A0 =A0cd0<br> perm acd* 0600<br> perm xpt0 0660<br> perm pass* 0660<br> <br> Also, as noted in another PR, =A0you need to enable ATAPICAM. =A0From the W= iki:<br> <br> Host DVD/CD access<br> <br> atapicam kernel module needs to be loaded via /boot/loader.conf:<br> <br> atapicam_load=3D"YES<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Are you sure = this makes sense?=A0 Using atapicam makes /dev/cd0 available therefore the = devfs.conf is good as is.=A0 The atapicam reference should be there though.= <br> </div></div><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Adam Vande More </div></div> --047d7bd751602a13e304e5a6a163-- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
