On Thu, 10 May 2007 08:50:34 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 09 May 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 9 08:25 > > > cdrom -> hdc > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 9 08:25 > > > cdrom1 -> hdd > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 9 08:25 > > cdrw > > > -> hdc > > > [ /dev device nodes for cdroms ] > > > appear since loading ide-generic.ko > > > For one thing, generic IDE support is certainly less appropriate than support for your IDE card. Hardware-specific options cna be enabled and you might gain DMA if your hardware is really unusual. I can say from experience that generic ide support doesn't provide anything that drivers specific to your hardware fails to provide, unless I misunderstand greatly. It's not a question of increased functionality necessarily, but one of performance, and possibly less overhead for the CPU. Secondly, in addition to some kind of driver for IDE, either generic or specific, you need the cdrom driver (module: cdrom.ko) for cdrom support. My guess is, you upgraded the kernel and fell into the commonly experienced PATA driver burn -- there's two driver sets now, an experimental one and the old ones, and you have to make sure to get the right one for your configuration. Dont forget, you'll also need to have the ISO9660 and possibly UDF filesysem supported. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
