On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 05:18:04PM +0100, Thomas Maguin wrote: > Blame on me, a typo in the addresses. Changes should be this: > (patch is on the way) > > /usr/src/linux/include/scsi/scsi.h > +#define PLEXTOR_MODE ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??0xe9 > +#define PLEXTOR_PREC_SPEEDS ?? 0xeB > +#define PLEXTOR_MODE2 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??0xeD > > /usr/src/linux/block/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c > +safe_for_read(PLEXTOR_MODE) > +safe_for_read(PLEXTOR_PREC_SPEEDS) > +safe_for_read(PLEXTOR_MODE2) The trouble is that these are vendor-specific commands. So they're safe *for plextor devices*, but they may well be unsafe for other vendors. Given the LG CD-ROM snafu [1], I'd expect people to err on the side of caution. Sorry. [1] http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article911-mode=thread-order0-threshold0.phtml - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html