Re: USB Gadget driver: Add support for CD-ROM booting

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:16:57AM +0000, Golmer Palmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This message is for request to support CD-ROM boot support in the USB Gadget 
> driver.
> 
> Specifically, I ask for improve "g_mass_storage" driver with:
> 
> * 2048 byte/sector support in CD mode.
> * workaround for READ TOC command with incorrect length.
> 
> I see this ancient patch about the problem from Andreas Kemnade:
> Thread: [Booting from g_file_storage in cdrom mode] in "linux-usb" mailinglist.
> URL: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg25003.html
> 
> The current implementation works with OSs (like Windows) that don't force 2048 
> sector size, but several systems don't like 512 sector size (including bioses).
> 
> Please, can you improve the driver?
> I feel that the original developer (Alan Stern) can do this without huge effort.

Can you send a patch implementing what you wish to see, after testing
that it works properly for you?

thanks,

greg k-h
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