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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Sean Bryant <bryants@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Questions about devices and input.
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"Intron" <mag@intron.ac> writes:
> "Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav" <des@des.no> writes:
> > "Sean Bryant" <bryants@gmail.com> writes:
> > > I'm writing some cd buring software using burncd as a reference.
> > > I was wondering if its possible to detect opening and closing of
> > > the doors.
> > Unfortunately, no.  The drive may not even have a door.
> Mr. smo/rgrav loves playing joke very much.

No.  Unlike you, I know what I'm talking about.

> But most of CD/DVD drives have a door, though generally speaking,
> software cannot detect the open/close status of a door directly.

http://www.plextor.com/english/products/716AL.htm

> However, software can command the drive to open/close its door.

This is not what Sean wants.

DES
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