On Tuesday 20 February 2007, Greg Freemyer wrote: [...] > I think there is some basic confusion about the vanilla kernel. > > Libata has been around forever (ie. since sata support started I > believe). > > As of 2.6.19 Libata added "experimental" support for a number of PATA > devices using the /dev/sda nomenclature. > > Distros are still advised to use the traditional ide drivers via > /dev/hda. This is not likely to change anytime soon, but I have seen > that one specific driver in one specific architecture submitted a > patch to change the default to the libata version. > > FYI: Changing from one set to the other is a basic kernel issue. A > specific IDE interface can only be controlled by one driver at a time > so you won't have the ability to access it both ways at the same > time. I think you can rmmod / insmod to change, but not if it is your > root drive. > > So if you have a non-SUSE distro that has already changed they are > really pushing the envelope. I will be surprised if even opensuse > 10.3 makes the jump. It is just too soon. > > Also, when the libata pata drivers get more stable there has been > discussion of leaving both /dev/hda and /dev/sda behind. Maybe > /dev/disk will be used, but all of that discussion is very > preliminary as well. > > Greg ---------------------
Thanks Greg, That helps explain some things a bit more. I'm presently using the 2.6.20 kernel and the CD/DVD drives are in fact labelled for srX in /dev, so that part is true. K3B does in fact see the drives, but I've been unable to get it to work with them except as root. I think part of the problem is k3b, part the programs it uses and partly the new kernel. I'm still working on this problem. Everything else seems to work nicely though, as I've not had any problems mounting, un-mounting or reading any discs. I did find out later that libata has been around a while also. Thanks for the input, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
