Re: 2.2.13-pre6

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:23:23 +0100 (BST)

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> > Subject: Re: 2.2.13-pre6
> >
> > Good. Although I can't possibly see why this would happen.
> > The CDROM_CAN() macro is a similar construct, but includes the
> > driver maskable capabilities as well. And ide-cd does not
> > mask out CDC_DRIVE_STATUS in any way.
>
> I would guess that vmware was changing the capabilities somehow, c.f. the
> problem with CDROM door locking i posted some time ago.

Until this is answered I'll leave the patch out. If vmware is poking in the
internals then it obviously deserves what it gets. If not we need to understand
why it breaks

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