OT: the LG drive issue @ L-M

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Vanco, Don wrote:

>FYI - Mandrake has fixed the LG drive destruction issue - the problem is
>with LG "reusing" a command against the ATAPI spec.  Details at:
>http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3
>....but basically, LG used the "FLUSH_CACHE" command as a means to write to
>the device flash (as opposed to flushing cache, which it does not have), and
>the L-M kernels were issuing that command.
>  
>


LG-based CD-ROMs reported to be unaffected:

    * LG GMA-4020B DVD-RW
    * LG GCC-4120B CD-RW/DVD
    * LG CED-8080B DVD/CD-R/RW/ROM
    * LG CED-8120B CD-RW
    * HL-DT-ST GCC-4480B CD-RW/DVD (make sure you use firmware 1.01 not
      1.00)
    * HL-DT-ST GDR8186B DVD-ROM
    * HL-DT-ST GCE-8240B CD-RW
    * HL-DT-ST GCE-8481B CD-RW
    * HL-DT-ST GCR-8520B CD-ROM
    * HL-DT-ST GCE-8520B
    * CRD-8322B
    * CRD-8400B
    * CRD-8400C
    * CRD-8402B
    * CRD-8480C
    * GCR-8481B
    * CRD-8482B
    * GCC-4480B

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shrek-m