Re: "sr: unaligned transfer" in 2.5.2-pre1

Bob_Tracy (rct@gherkin.frus.com)
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 22:05:26 -0600 (CST)

Peter Osterlund wrote:
> When trying to mount an ISO9660 CD on my USB CDRW unit, I get lots
> of "sr: unaligned transfer" messages from the kernel and the mount
> command fails. This message was added in kernel 2.5.1 and the
> sr_scatter_pad() function was removed at the same time.

I'm in the same boat except for my CDRW unit being SCSI.

> So, what changes are needed to make CD support work?

Evidently non-trivial... I tried a quick hack at putting the
sr_scatter_pad() code back into sr.c, but without success: null
pointer dereference when I tried to mount an ISO9660 CD. I think
I'll enjoy the holiday week and wait for Jens to produce the proper
fix :-).

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