ide-scsi emulation required?

Gary Jennejohn garyj at jennejohn.org
Tue Dec 2 03:55:10 PST 2003


Trey Sizemore writes:
> Coming from a linux background, I understand that up to the 2.4.x series
> of kernels that scsi emulation is required of ide drives in order to
> burn CDs.  This will no longer be a requirement with the new 2.6.x
> series of kernels.
> 
> What is the current requirement in FreeBSD?  Is this scsi emulation
> required and, if so, will this change in the near future?
> 

Burning CDs with ATAPI drives is supported without the need for any type
of emulation by burncd, which is part of the base system.

Under FreeBSD it's SCSI burners which aren't supported out-of-the-box.
The user has to install a port, e.g. cdrecord.

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Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org gj[at]denx.de



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