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pktcdvd tool

Stand: 25.07.2010
A little shell script to control the pktcdvd driver using the sysfs interface available since Linux 2.6.19-rc2-mm2:
Download: pktcdvd tool Oct. 2006
Licence: [ GNU General Public License V2]

Type pktcdvd -h for help information:

 ## add new packet device for block device.
 ## a device node is created: /dev/pktcdvd/
 pktcdvd -a pktname blkdev

 ## remove a packet device
 pktcdvd -r pktname|pktmajor:pktminor

 ## show packet device stat infos
 pktcdvd -i pktname|pktmajor:pktminor

 ## set write congestion marks for packet device
 pktcdvd -C pktname|pktmajor:pktminor on [off]

 ## print write congestion marks for packet device
 pktcdvd -c pktname|pktmajor:pktminor

 ## print device mapping
 pktcdvd -m
 

Example:

 modprobe pktcdvd
 pktcdvd -a dvdram /dev/hdc
 mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/dvdram
 mount -t udf -o rw,noatime /dev/pktcdvd/dvdram /dvdram
 cp files /dvdram
 umount /dvdram
 pktcdvd -r dvdram