[hal-info patch] Reintroduce GCC-4240N CD-ROM polling blacklisting

[Kay Sievers]

On Nov 14, 2007 11:52 PM, Martin Pitt <martin at piware.de> wrote:
> Danny Kukawka [2007-11-14 19:30 +0100]:
> > Wouldn't it make more sence to do this only on Dell Laptops and independent
> > from the blockdevice naming?
>
> The patch that I attached, is the one that already had been in
> hal/hal-info a while ago. Since I do not have the hardware, I didn't
> change it.
>
> However, if the bug is in the CD-ROM's firmware, it doesn't matter
> whether it is in a Dell or other machine.
>
> As for the check for hdb/hdd, I can only speculate. Maybe the issue
> only happens if the drive is a slave? I don't object at all to
> dropping the device name check, that'll make the rule easier.

Hmm, most of us don't use the old IDE drivers anymore, so this would
be /dev/sr0. Do you know if the same bug happens with libata drivers?

Kay