Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:23:07 +0400 From: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapicam(4) as KLD? Message-ID: <1097839388.1049.24.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041015100633.GA45863@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20041013205141.GA874@galgenberg.net> <20041014105927.GU718@empiric.icir.org><416EC5F4.8000203@mac.com> <416EDA36.1070403@DeepCore.dk> <416EE19D.50400@mac.com> <20041015100633.GA45863@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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=F7 =D0=D4, 15/10/2004 =D7 20:06 +1000, Peter Jeremy =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:
> On Thu, 2004-Oct-14 16:29:17 -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> >Is burncd able to burn a DVD [+/-{R,W,RAM}] to an IDE device without usi=
ng=20
> >ATAPICAM?
>=20
> dd(1) does a reasonable job of burning pre-formatted DVD+RWs. I would
> expect it to handle DVD-RAM but I'm not sure about write-once media.
>=20
> > I think it is not unreasonable to expect the GENERIC kernel to=20
> >be able to burn DVDs, as that can make for a reasonable backup mechanism=
.
>=20
> I tend to agree. For some time, FreeBSD has been heading away from
> requiring users to re-compile the kernel. If ATAPICAM can't be
> (readily) turned into a module, it would seem reasonable to have it
> built into GENERIC.
>=20
> Whilst we're discussing ATAPICAM, even after I make /dev/cd0[ac] mode
> 666, I can't write to it as a non-root user. Does anyone know the
> rationale for this and which particular EPERM is the culprit? I've
> had a quick look at the source but can't see nothing leapt out.
I guess you should make 0666 (or whatever) perms for /dev/passX to write
something by cdrecord/cdrdao
--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenchikov
vova@fbsd.ru
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