[PATCH] DVD+RW support
This patch adds support for using DVD+RW drives as writable block devices. The patch is based on work from: Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> - Wrote the 2.4 patch Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net> - Initial porting to 2.6.x It works for me using an Iomega Super DVD 8x USB drive. Nov 5 2001, Aug 8 2002. Modified by Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> to support MMC-3 complaint DVD+RW units. Modified by Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net> - support DVD+RW 2.4.x patch by Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> 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>
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