Re: Two CDROM drives and module compilation of CDROM Support

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 04:24:27 EST


On Tue, Jan 13 2004, Little Djo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if I build CDROM support as module, then work only first CDROM (hdc):
> [root]# modprobe ide-cd
> [root]# dmesg | tail -3
> ide-cd: ignoring drive hdd
> hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
>
> if i compile CDROM support in kernel, all two drives work!
>
> this feature present in kernel 2.6.0 (-test## also), 2.6.1, 2.6.1-mm1,
> but don't present in kernel 2.4.x

Most likely you have an entry in /etc/modules.conf ala

options ide-cd ignore=hdd

so ide-cd discards hdd (maybe you used to drive it with ide-scsi?)

--
Jens Axboe

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