On 25/06/2015 17:32, Programmingkid wrote: >> I think we are going to have to agree to disagree. I have never >> used the /dev/sr(0 | 1) devices and don't see how they would be >> effected by this patch. Are you trying to say the /dev/sr(0 | 1) >> devices *should* be handled by this patch? > > Thinking about your question some more, I see what you mean. On Linux > /dev/sr0 refers to the cdrom drive. Also on Linux, the /dev/cdrom > link refers to the /dev/sr0 device file. So if you just use > /dev/cdrom, you are good.
Well, that's not how things work. If you do things like that, you end up with a bunch of hacks, not with a decent piece of software. There is support for CD-ROM passthrough on Linux and FreeBSD in block/raw-posix.c. Perhaps the FreeBSD support can be extended to OS X as well. Paolo
