[SLUG] interesting scsi question

[Rob Shugg <rshugg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

guys 
I'm having a bit of trouble with a scsi CD writer. When I try

mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdr

I get a "not a block device" error.

I have also tried MAKEDEV sg to make generic nodes but these dont work
either.
rob

the details ....

modprobe atp870u

aec671x_detect: 
   ACARD AEC-671X PCI Ultra/W SCSI-3 Host Adapter: 0    IO:ec00, IRQ:5.
         ID:  6  MATSHITACD-R   CW-7503  1.08
         ID:  7  Host Adapter
scsi0 : ACARD AEC-6710/6712 PCI Ultra/W SCSI-3 Adapter Driver V1.0 
scsi : 1 host.
scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retries.
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
ACARD AEC-671X Driver Version: 1.0

cat /proc/scsi/atp870u/0

Adapter Configuration:
               Base IO: 0xec00
                   IRQ: 5
cat /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
   <snip>
    SCSI storage controller: Artop Electronics Unknown device (rev 8).
      Vendor id=1191. Device id=8030.
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 5.  Master Capable.
Latency=32.  
      I/O at 0xec00 [0xec01].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd9001000 [0xd9001000].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: NVidia Unknown device (rev 21).
      Vendor id=10de. Device id=2d.
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 11.  Master Capable.
Latency=32.  Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd4000000].
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd6000008].