On Tuesday 29 January 2008, Mikael Pettersson wrote: >Gene Heskett writes: > > On Tuesday 29 January 2008, Alan Cox wrote: > > >> As slight change here, I was going to use the same .config as > > >> 2.6.24-rc8, but just discovered that neither rc8 nor final is finding > > >> the drivers for my > > > > > >If it is not finding a driver that is nothing to do with libata. It > > > means it's not being loaded by the distribution, or the distribution > > > kernel is too old (2.6.22) for the hardware - in which case see the > > > Fedora respins which are on 2.6.23.something right now. > > > > > >Alan > > > > Home built kernel Alan. But you are as good as anyone to tell me what I > > need to turn on in order for this dvdwriter to be enabled: > > [ 28.862478] ata2.00: ATAPI: LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165H6S, HS06, max > > UDMA/66 .... > > [ 28.908647] ata2.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable > > [ 29.081253] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > .... > > it has had several 80 wire cables tried, hasn't fixed this, and does not > > seem to effect its operation when it does work. > > .... > > [ 29.132405] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165H6S > > HS06 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 .... > > [ 43.450795] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 > > ------- > > No further mention of it in dmesg, and k3b cannot find the drive at any > > /dev/sgX address. > > > > .config attached, what else do I need to turn on? > >... > > > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set > >For starters, enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR. That could stand to be moved or renamed, it is well buried in the menu for the REAL scsi stuffs, which I don't have any of. Enabled & building now. Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) An air of FRENCH FRIES permeates my nostrils!! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
