[Debburn-changes] r658 - cdrkit/trunk/doc/plattforms

[Eduard Bloch]

Author: blade
Date: 2006-12-29 16:14:46 +0100 (Fri, 29 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 658

Modified:
   cdrkit/trunk/doc/plattforms/README.linux
Log:
Minor fixes on README.linux

Modified: cdrkit/trunk/doc/plattforms/README.linux
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/doc/plattforms/README.linux	2006-12-29 15:07:44 UTC (rev 657)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/doc/plattforms/README.linux	2006-12-29 15:14:46 UTC (rev 658)
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  - support of generic scsi was limited on 2.4, ie. not available directly with
    IDE/ATAPI devices. The ide-scsi driver could be used map ATAPI devices to
    SCSI ids, however this driver had other problems. See README.ATAPI for
-   details. Note that there also the ATAPI:... device access method using an
-   undocumented (?) backdoor, however its usage is NOT RECOMMENDED and the
-   support may be removed in future versions.
+   details. Note that there also the ATAPI:... device access method which uses
+   deprecated funtionality of kernel 2.4. Don't use it unless it is really
+   neccessary. The support for it may be removed in future versions of cdrkit.
 
  - the DMA transfer size is limited with some device controllers and the Linux
    kernel 2.6.x (2.6.19 currently) provides no method to retrieve it for
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@
 The sg driver on Linux has several severe bugs:
 
  - It cannot see if a SCSI command could not be sent at all.
- - It cannot get the SCSI status byte.
-   wodim for that reason cannot report failing SCSI commands in some
-   situations.
+ - It cannot get the SCSI status byte.  wodim for that reason cannot report
+   failing SCSI commands in some situations.
  - It cannot get real DMA count of transfer. wodim cannot tell you if there is
    an DMA residual count.
  - It cannot get number of bytes valid in auto sense data. wodim cannot tell