[patch 6/7] ps3: ROM Storage Driver

Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com
Sat May 26 05:36:39 EST 2007


On Fri, 25 May 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 25 May 2007, Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com wrote:
> > Add a CD/DVD/BD Storage Driver for the PS3:
> >   - Implemented as a SCSI device driver
> 
> I assume you tried implementing it as a block device driver,
> like you PS3 disk driver does, and failed for some reason.
> 
> What is the problem? Is there infrastructure missing in the
> CD-ROM layer?

As the CD/DVD/BD part just accepts SCSI/ATAPI commands (except for plain
read/write), I was suggested to keep it as a SCSI driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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