[Debburn-changes] r577 - cdrkit/trunk/wodim

Eduard Bloch blade at alioth.debian.org
Thu Dec 7 21:47:57 CET 2006


Author: blade
Date: 2006-12-07 21:47:57 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 577

Modified:
   cdrkit/trunk/wodim/wodim.1
Log:
Document --devices

Modified: cdrkit/trunk/wodim/wodim.1
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/wodim/wodim.1	2006-12-07 20:27:44 UTC (rev 576)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/wodim/wodim.1	2006-12-07 20:47:57 UTC (rev 577)
@@ -1196,8 +1196,15 @@
 .B dev=ATA:
 or similar option to give a hint about the device typ you are looking for.
 The numbers printed out as labels are computed by: 
-.B "bus * 100 + target
+.B "bus * 100 + target.
+On plattforms and device systems without persistent SCSI number management the
+results are not reliable. Use the .B \-\-devices option instead.
 .TP
+.B \-\-devices
+Look for useable devices using the system specific functions, eg. probing with
+usual device nodes in /dev/*, and display the detections using symbolic device
+names in OS specific syntax.
+.TP
 .B \-reset
 Try to reset the SCSI bus where the CD recorder is located. This works not
 on all operating systems.




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