Re: pktcdvd DVD+RW always writes at max drive speed (not media speed)

From: Peter Osterlund
Date: Sat Feb 18 2006 - 17:17:04 EST


linuxer@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> In drivers/block/pktcdvd.c it appears that in the case of DVD
> rewriting, pkt_open_write always sets the write speed to pkt_get_max_speed
> (the maximum writing speed reported by the drive).
>
> In my case, I have a new drive capable of 8x re-writing. However, all of
> my existing media is rated for only 4x rewrite speed.
>
> When attempting to rw mount these disks, pktcdvd reports:
>
> Feb 18 00:09:52 ever kernel: pktcdvd: write speed 11080kB/s
> Feb 18 00:09:54 ever kernel: pktcdvd: 54 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -
> sense 00.54.9c (No sense)
> Feb 18 00:09:54 ever kernel: pktcdvd: pktcdvd0 Optimum Power Calibration failed
>
> And then of course a huge heap of I/O errors on the disk.

Have you verified that this is caused by the speed setting, ie does it
work correctly if you hack the driver to write at 4x speed?

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Peter Osterlund - petero2@xxxxxxxxx
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