On Thursday 09 October 2008, Jim Paris wrote:
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > Thanks. Does the following patch help?
> >
> > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] ide: quirk for LG GH22LP20 DVD burner
> >
> > LG GH22LP20 DVD burner ("HL)DP-ST@V@-RAI CH22HP20") with firmware 1.00
> > reports 0x01 ("Sequential-access device") as the peripheral device type
> > instead of 0x05 ("CD-ROM device").
>
> That looks more like a hardware problem with a flakey bit.
> For example GH22LP20 with bit 2 always cleared = CH22HP20.
> DVD-ROM with bit 2 sometimes cleared = @V@-RAI.
> And the peripheral device type also has bit 2 cleared.
This would explain it nicely (I suspected something along these lines
but failed to see the actual pattern). After all it is very unlikely
to have _that_ broken firmware.
Thanks,
Bart
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