linux-kernel - Re: ide-cd or ide-scsi dmesg contradiction

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0807180119460.12734@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:23:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Thomas Lucaw <aj881@...bucto.ns.ca>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ide-cd or ide-scsi dmesg contradiction

On Friday 2008-07-18 00:11, Thomas Lucaw wrote:

>Hi, for some time I've noticed
>
>giving the cmdline (to kernel at boot) "hdd=ide-scsi ..." I get
>
>	ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give
>	dev=/dev/hdX as device
>
>then changing to the suggested "hdd=ide-cd ..." I get

There is a subtle difference between dev=/dev/hdX and hdd=ide-cd.

>	ide_setup: hdc=ide-cd -- OBSOLETE OPTION, WILL BE REMOVED SOON!
>
>Rather illogical to me :-)
>
>I guess neither should be used, I can make my cdrom and dvd devices work 
>without ok.

Right, neither.

	cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 (or dev=/dev/hdc) whichever is appropriate

is all one needs. I guess you can even use /dev/sg0.
Care to send a patch?
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