linux-kernel - Re: PKTCDVD related bugzilla bugs

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707031111320.7564@r3000.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:22:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: PKTCDVD related bugzilla bugs

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:

> Hello, it's me again.
>
> We have another bug which reportedly is related to pktcdvd.  Please respond.
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7547
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7805

The problem is that when you run pktsetup, the driver will open the cdrom 
device and keep it open. A very long time ago, the driver didn't do that, 
but that caused other problems, see for example:

 	http://herbie.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0407.0/0761.html

I don't know how to fix these problems in the kernel, but I know that an 
old idea from Jens Axboe was to merge pktsetup and mount in user space so 
that pktsetup only needs to run when you are actually going to use packet 
writing.

-- 
Peter Osterlund - petero2@...ia.com
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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