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[PATCH] CDRW packet writing support
authorPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:57:34 +0000 (17:57 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:57:34 +0000 (17:57 -0700)
commit2f8e2dc86c9876edca632e8ef2ab1f68d1b753f0
tree292611fd7feb14379246c25b8f6f2d794235c422
parenta7cbd7da4fb59371ed56373caca648daeb2f1d55
[PATCH] CDRW packet writing support

This patch implements CDRW packet writing as a kernel block device.  Usage
instructions are in the packet-writing.txt file.

A hint: If you don't want to wait for a complete disc format, you can
format just a part of the disc.  For example:

        cdrwtool -d /dev/hdc -m 10240

This will format 10240 blocks, ie 20MB.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
12 files changed:
Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX
Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/block/Kconfig
drivers/block/Makefile
drivers/block/pktcdvd.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/cdrom/Makefile
drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
drivers/scsi/sr.c
fs/compat_ioctl.c
include/linux/cdrom.h
include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
include/linux/pktcdvd.h [new file with mode: 0644]