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What does it mean when I get a kernel message from the IDE CD-ROM driver like “hdxx: code: xx key: x asc: xx ascq: x”?

April 26, 2017CD-ROM driver IDE Kernel mean message

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What does it mean when I get a kernel message from the IDE CD-ROM driver like “hdxx: code: xx key: x asc: xx ascq: x”?

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This is an status/error message from the IDE CD-ROM drive. By default the IDECD driver prints out the raw information instead of wasting kernel space with error messages. You can change the default to display the actual error messages by going into /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/ide-cd.c, changing the value of VERBOSE_IDE_CD_ERRORS to 1, and recompiling the kernel.