[Libburn] Re: Cancelling an ongoing burn. Is this dangerous ?

[Derek Foreman]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, scdbackup at gmx.net wrote:

> For that i would need the prototype of the new burn_source
> constructor, which takes an fd and a size, like
>
>  struct burn_source *burn_fd_source_new(int fd, off_t size);
>
> This would be implemented by adapting my patch from december.
> The patch seems straightforward to me. It is well tested
> meanwhile. About 300 CDs burned by using stdin as track source.

Please do this, I'll merge it fast.

> My current list of CVS things to test is:
> - read-only drives
> - padding
> - cancel
> What i believe is not repaired yet:
> - eject
> - the need to initialize-shutdown-initialize library and drive
>  in order to get correct maximum speed of the inserted media
> - catch 22 with abort during  burn_drive_grab()  where the drive
>  is not grabbed enough to be released and not released enough
>  to be left behind.

Correct.


I'll give the rest of your email a better look after work tonight.

Dana makes a good point.