I'm sponsoring this case for Gabriel Carrillo. It's a straight-forward
enhancement, so I'm marking it as Self Review. Please let me know if
there is any disagreement and I'll change the case to an actual fast-track.
The case seeks patch binding.
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.64 07/13/07 SMI
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1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
6307982 cdrw should not require -C to detect media size
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Gabriel Carrillo
1.3 Date of This Document:
9 May, 2008
4. Technical Description
1.0 Description
The cdrw(1) program, by default, assumes a Compact Disc size of 650MB.
If a user inserts a 700MB disc and wishes to write a 680MB image(for
example), cdrw(1) will return an error message stating that there is
insufficient capacity on the disc. The solution is to use the -C
option, which will cause cdrw to issue SCSI MMC commands that will
dynamically determine the disc capacity, rather than falling back on the
defaults, resulting in a successful burn.
As 700MB discs have become more common, and image sizes have grown to
take advantage of that fact (Solaris 10 8/07 CD image, for example),
users find the command syntax increasingly confusing, and don't realize
that the write will fail unless -C is specified. The command-line
syntax should remain unmodified for reasons of backwards-compatibility,
but cdrw(1) default behavior should be modified such that it always
queries the optical drive to determine the capacity of the inserted medium.
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
ON
6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
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Dan Hain
Solaris Revenue Product Engineering (RPE)
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