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| author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100 |
| commit | 79acbb3ff2d8095b692e1502b9eb2ccec348de26 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ab773e5a8f9de2cd6443362b21d0d6fffe3b35e /Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt | |
| parent | 19a79859e168640f8e16d7b216d211c1c52b687a (diff) | |
| parent | 2b5f6dcce5bf94b9b119e9ed8d537098ec61c3d2 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-linus
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt index 511b4230c05..fde829a756e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt @@ -7,8 +7,17 @@ If you encounter problems with reading UDF discs using this driver, please report them to linux_udf@hpesjro.fc.hp.com, which is the developer's list. -Write support requires a block driver which supports writing. The current -scsi and ide cdrom drivers do not support writing. +Write support requires a block driver which supports writing. Currently +dvd+rw drives and media support true random sector writes, and so a udf +filesystem on such devices can be directly mounted read/write. CD-RW +media however, does not support this. Instead the media can be formatted +for packet mode using the utility cdrwtool, then the pktcdvd driver can +be bound to the underlying cd device to provide the required buffering +and read-modify-write cycles to allow the filesystem random sector writes +while providing the hardware with only full packet writes. While not +required for dvd+rw media, use of the pktcdvd driver often enhances +performance due to very poor read-modify-write support supplied internally +by drive firmware. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following mount options are supported: |