From owner-freebsd-emulation Wed Nov 27 0:43:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7951237B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 00:43:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from birch.ripe.net (birch.ripe.net [193.0.1.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C0143E88 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 00:43:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marks@ripe.net) Received: from laptop.6bone.nl (cow.ripe.net [193.0.1.239]) by birch.ripe.net (8.12.5/8.11.6) with SMTP id gAR8hbZl001067; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:43:37 +0100 Received: (nullmailer pid 736 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:18:36 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:18:36 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos To: Kenneth Culver Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux cdrom block device Message-ID: <20021127071836.GB598@laptop.6bone.nl> References: <20021127010251.B35654-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021127010251.B35654-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Handles: MS6-6BONE, MS18417-RIPE Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0500, Kenneth Culver wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to emulate the cdrom block device for > linux emulation? FreeBSD right now has only character devices, but several > linux programs that directly access the cdrom device require block > devices, so I was wondering if there was a way to create a device node for > linux that's a block device for the cdrom drive. For -current this should be done with GEOM. It is not only needed for CDROM drive access both also for all disk access except the VMWARE virtual disk. For -stable GEOM is not an option. Mark -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.ripe.net/home/mark/ New Projects Group/TTM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message