Re: [ql-developers] ide-scsi option in Linux 2.4.21 (was: Re: Linux v2.4.21 compilation error with gcc v3.1)
On Monday 01 of September 2003 19:09, Richard Zidlicky wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 08:04:05PM +, Branko wrote: simply doesn't work if ide-cd is compiled into the kernel, ide-cd claims the driver and ide-scsi can't be activated. This can't be m68k specific but strangely I have't seen anything about it in the linux-kernel ml. Richard At least on Wintel, ide-cd and ide-scsi should always be compiled as a modules... this does work, slightly impractical as it makes it more difficult to use the same kernel for rescue/installation and production use. Richard Except that on the latest 2.4.22 and later it should be possible to use writer as a ATAPI device directly and on kernel 2.6 one should be able to write to /dev/hdx with cdrecord 2.x ... Branko
Re: [ql-developers] ide-scsi option in Linux 2.4.21 (was: Re: Linux v2.4.21 compilation error with gcc v3.1)
On Sunday 31 of August 2003 16:57, Richard Zidlicky wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 10:36:07AM +0200, Thierry Godefroy wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:30:21 +0200, Richard Zidlicky wrote: Btw, did someone notice that hdX=ide-scsi is handled differently in 2.4.21? Hmm... Didn't notice any difference on ix86 plateforms where I use this option (I don't use it on the Q60, for I got no CD-R writer on it)... What's wrong with it ? simply doesn't work if ide-cd is compiled into the kernel, ide-cd claims the driver and ide-scsi can't be activated. This can't be m68k specific but strangely I have't seen anything about it in the linux-kernel ml. Richard At least on Wintel, ide-cd and ide-scsi should always be compiled as a modules...
