Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:07:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proposed atapi-cd patch Message-ID: <199901042207.OAA00788@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:34:11 %2B0100." <199901041934.UAA00471@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> Hi, > > does anyone objects to the following patch for atapi-cd.c to be > able to mount other than the first data track on one disk ? > (note that mount_cd9660 -s XXX does not work because it assumes that > later tracks know about the previous ones). > > It (in my opinion) very useful to have multiple data tracks on the same > disk, e.g. for independent backups. Even more with CDRW media. > > This (very small) patch uses a few bits in the minor number to select > the track, so you need additional device entries in /dev. > A better approach would involve adding an ioctl to set the track offset > and call this from mount_cd9660 -- a bit cleaner perhaps, a bit more > intrusive. > > The same thing could be implemented in the SCSI equivalent i guess. I think that diffs for both the ATAPI and SCSI drivers (and manpages) would make this a candidate for immediate inclusion. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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