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Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:19:15 -0600 From: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com> To: Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@...angesoft.net> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> Subject: Re: burning small isos repeatedly failing with hangcheck error On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Thomas Fjellstrom > <tfjellstrom@...angesoft.net> wrote: >>> > I do not recall having these issues with older kernels. >>> >>> Same wodim version? The commands (and ordering thereof) it is issuing >>> could have an effect on this.. >> >> I can't be certain that its the same version of wodim. I have often noticed >> that it takes far longer to burn a small iso onto a DVDR than you'd >> intuitively think it would, but I've never had this timeout error happen >> prior to 2.6.33, not that that means the problem started with 2.6.33, I >> can't recall how long its been since I last had to burn a really small iso >> to a DVDR. >> >> I can try and test various versions of the kernel and wodim, if you think it >> would help. > > I think different wodim versions (or try different software like > growisofs, etc) would be the most promising option. There's really not > a lot of influence the kernel has on this process, the burning > software accesses the device with SG_IO which pretty much just passes > ATAPI commands through to the drive. > > I thought I saw a report recently that some version of wodim was > sending uninitialized values as the timeout for SG_IO commands, but I > can't seem to find that mail at the moment.. Found the thread I was thinking of. It was growisofs that was apparently doing that, though, not wodim: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/4/27/410 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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