From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 8 16:55:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696CA1065672 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cmail.optima.ua (cmail.optima.ua [195.248.191.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79218FC20 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:55:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.86.226.226] (account mav@alkar.net HELO mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua) by cmail.optima.ua (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.9) with ESMTPSA id 253777562; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:55:44 +0300 Message-ID: <4AA68C8A.4060405@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:55:38 +0300 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090901) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harald Schmalzbauer References: <1252225381.00160049.1252212601@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1252225381.00160049.1252212601@10.7.7.3> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Funding ODD support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:55:48 -0000 Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > I'm looking for somebody who has time and knowledge to fix ODD support > in FreeBSD. > I'm willing to sponsor a decent ammount. > My problem is that I can't use FreeBSD for any task in which CD or DVD > is involved. > What I want is read/write support for any ATAPI/S-ATA ODD regarding > ISO9660 and audio. Of course I'd love to have UDF support also, but for > the beginning I'd be glad if FreeBSD could boot with an inserted audio > CD. This has been a problem for more than two years now, and disabling > DMA support for ata devices isn't a satisfying solution. > > So if you think ypu can fix this and make growisofs and cdrtools working > with ATAPI and SATA devices, please contact me. > If we have working ODD support in 8.0-release I'll donate 100 extra bucks. Funding is good, but could you first once more repeat what is your problem? Which controller do you use? Which drive? Which disks and which applications? Have you tried to use different controllers, drives, disks, applications? I am asking because there quite a lot of people successfully using ODD on FreeBSD. -- Alexander Motin