[Udpcast] Ejecting the CD-ROM before broadcast

[Alain Knaff]

Yannick Gingras wrote:
> Hi, I'd like to have my udpcast to eject its CD-ROM before a broadcast
> so I can pick it and boot another box with it.  Yeah I could just push
> the CD-ROM drive button but I'm a lazy bum.  cast-o-matic is a great
> tool so I though I could just upload eject and call it.  Ok eject is
> overkill, I did a smaller eject that I call miniject:
> 
>    #include <unistd.h>
>    #include <stdlib.h>
>    #include <stdio.h>
>    #include <string.h>
>    #include <fcntl.h>
>    #include <limits.h>
>    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
>    #include <linux/cdrom.h>
>    
>    #define DEF_CDROM "/dev/cdrom"
>    
>    int main(int argc, char **argv)
>    {
>      int fd;
>      if (argc > 1)
>        fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
>      else
>        fd = open(DEF_CDROM, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);    
>      ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT);
>    }
>    
> But unfortunatly I can't find the cdrom device in /dev.  Are there any
> modules that I should add to the image in order to have the cdrom
> device created in /dev ?
> 

In the current version, by default, CD-Rom drivers are not installed 
(not needed, because the loading of the OS is performed via the BIOS).
So, it's currently not possible to do this miniject

Regards,

Alain