> Hello, > > On 5/23/20 12:12 AM, Roger Lawhorn wrote: > > > ok, sorry, did a reply instead of a reply to all.... > > I have used the -cdrom /dev/sr0 option. > > When you say 'virtual' optical drive, are you talking about an iso or a > > physical > > optical drive? > > I am adding a physical optical drive. > > To pass through a physical optical drive, you need to use qemu's SCSI generic > device, not a SCSI CD device. In this case, qemu will forward SCSI commands > as-is instead of adding its own emulation layer on top. This means that an > "eject" command will be handled by your physical drive, and not by qemu. > > For example, from one of my own qemu scripts: > > -device virtio-scsi-pci,bus=pcie.0 \ > -device scsi-hd,drive=hd0 \ > -drive file=/dev/sdc,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none,unit=0 \ > -device scsi-generic,drive=cd0 \ > -drive file=/dev/sg2,format=raw,id=cd0,if=none,unit=1 \ > > I've successfully used this arrangement to rip dozens of CD-ROMs using > CUETools. > Attempting to eject sometimes takes 3 or 4 tries, especially if the device is > still in use, but it does eventually work. Another thing you can do is run > `eject /dev/sr0` on the host, even while the VM is running, which always > ejected > immediately.
Thank you for this example! I just tried this and eject works fine for me (on Linux). I'm quite confident that this will help Roger resolve his problem. Personally, I won't be using it because it does not allow for (CSS-encrypted) DVD playback. kind regards, Arjen _______________________________________________ vfio-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users
