linux-kernel - Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

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Message-id: <200801291212.03910.gene.heskett@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:12:03 -0500
From:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Florian Attenberger <valdyn@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

On Tuesday 29 January 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Does anyone know why my dvdwriter isn't being assigned a '/dev/sdx' number
>> when dmesg says its found ok at ata2.00?  I've turned on an option that
>> says something about using the bios for device access this build, but I'll
>> be surprised if that's it. :)
>
>I think you mean /dev/scdx not /dev/sdx.  Make sure you have the 'sr'
>driver compiled and load (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR).
>
That menu item COULD be moved, I don't have any REAL scsi stuff, so I didn't 
look there.  My bad, with help from hiding it like that. :-)

>The bios-for-dev-access thing definitely won't help, and may hurt (by
>taking over the device you wanted to test).
>
Ok, if BLK_DEV_SR fails, I'll take that back out.  I'm heating the room making 
kernels here. :)

Thanks Jeff.

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