[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#550316: Bug#550316

[dmsoler at edu.xunta.es]

Michael Biebl wrote:
 > All replies so far indicate that this behaviour only happens for systems using
> ide-cd/ide-core, i.e. the old IDE subsystem.
> 
> The code also makes assumptions (see the is_cdrom check) that only the new
> libata subsystem is in use, so the cd-rom drive is opened with the wrong flags
> causing the drive to be retracted when it is polled.

As far as I know (see bugs #534708 and #535959), current Debian kernels (including 2.6.30) explicitly disables the use of libata for IDE with a patch, and there is an announcement of switch to libata in 2.6.31: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-kernel@lists.debian.org/msg46483.html

So, if "the code makes assumptions that only the new libata subsystem is in use", I think this package should conflict with any installed Debian linux image until 2.6.30, or at least its documentation should say you must compile your own kernel (or at least one without that patch) to use devicekit-disks with an IDE cd-rom drive.

Thanks for your answers.

Regards,

Dionisio Martínez Soler