linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 kernel series, SATA, wodim (cd recording), synaptics update,

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:01:09 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@...us.fraunhofer.de>
Cc:	teunis@...hatrade.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 kernel series, SATA, wodim (cd recording), synaptics   update,

On Thu, Dec 14 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Dec 14 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > >CD recording : recorder no longer detected by "wodim" software set in
> > > >2.6.19.   I suspect it's a bug in the software...  but don't know where
> > > >to look for changes.   2.6.19-rc5 worked.
> > > >hardware: IDE MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-820S
> > > >(2.6.19-git6 also fails with external LiteON USB DVD burner)
> >
> > It was an intermittent unlucky bug between 2.6.19 and 2.6.20-rc1, it got
> > fixed the other day. Update your kernel, and it'll work again.
> 
> OK, thank you for the info.

No problem, I should mention that it's 2.6.19 to 2.6.20-rc1, both
versions exclusive.

> > > Do not use cdrecord derivates but the original as derivates may have bugs
> > > that are not present in the original.
> >
> > And vice versa :-)
> 
> I know of no problem that is only in the original, but there are
> dozens of problems that have been fixed since the derivate has been
> frozen in May.

I don't know of any real bugs, was purely speaking in logical terms. A
derivative could equally well have bugs fixed that are not in the
original version.  It could also have introduced new, as you mention.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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