New -rom_toc_scan sub option "force" to get DVD/BD table-of-content on Solaris

xorriso/xorriso.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "Oct 05, 2009"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "Oct 07, 2009"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ The speed advantage appears only if the loaded session was produced with
 Note that -disk_dev_ino "off" is totally in effect only if -hardlinks is "off",
 too.
 .TP
-\fB\-rom_toc_scan\fR "on"|"off"[:"emul_on"|"emul_off"]
+\fB\-rom_toc_scan\fR "on"|"force"|"off"[:"emul_on"|"emul_off"]
 Read-only drives do not tell the actual media type but show any media as
 ROM (e.g. as DVD-ROM). The session history of MMC multi-session media might
 be truncated to first and last session or even be completely false.
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ than the drive's table of content. At its end it can cause read attempts
 to invalid addresses and thus ugly drive behavior.
 Setting "on" enables that scan for alleged read-only media.
 .br
+Some operating systems are not able to mount the most recent session of
+multi-session DVD or BD. If on such a system xorriso has no own MMC
+capabilities then it may still find that session from a scanned table of
+content. Setting "force" handles any media like a ROM media with setting "on".
+.br
 On the other hand the emulation of session history on overwriteable media
 can hamper reading of partly damaged media. Setting "off:emul_off" disables
 the elsewise trustworthy table-of-content scan for those media.
@@ -1898,12 +1903,16 @@ or -rollback.
 If you insist in -volid "ISOIMAGE", set it again after those commands.
 .TP
 \fB\-publisher\fR text
-Set the publisher id string to be written with the next -commit. Permissible
+Set the publisher id string to be written with the next -commit. This may
-are up to 128 characters. This setting gets overridden by image loading.
+identify the person or organisation who specified what shall be recorded.
+Permissible are up to 128 characters. This setting gets overridden by
+image loading.
 .TP
 \fB\-application_id\fR text
-Set the application id string to be written with the next -commit. Permissible
+Set the application id string to be written with the next -commit. This may
-are up to 128 characters. This setting gets overridden by image loading.
+identify the specification of how the data are recorded.
+Permissible are up to 128 characters. This setting gets overridden by
+image loading.
 .TP
 \fB\-out_charset\fR character_set_name
 Set the character set to which file names get converted when writing an

xorriso/xorriso.c

@@ -7142,6 +7142,7 @@ int Xorriso_status(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *filter, FILE *fp, int flag)
 
  is_default= (xorriso->toc_emulation_flag == 0);
  sprintf(line,"-rom_toc_scan %s%s\n",
+         xorriso->toc_emulation_flag & 4 ? "force" :
                                 xorriso->toc_emulation_flag & 1 ? "on" : "off",
          xorriso->toc_emulation_flag & 2 ? ":emul_off" : "");
  if(!(is_default && no_defaults))
@@ -12233,6 +12234,8 @@ too_long:;
 }
 
 
+/* @param flag bit0= with adr_mode sbsector: adr_value is possibly 16 too high
+*/
 int Xorriso_decode_load_adr(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *cmd,
                             char *adr_mode, char *adr_value,
                             int *entity_code, char entity_id[81],
@@ -17990,10 +17993,13 @@ int Xorriso_option_rom_toc_scan(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *mode, int flag)
      l= npt-cpt;
    if(l==0)
      goto unknown_mode;
+   xorriso->toc_emulation_flag&= ~4;
    if(strncmp(cpt, "off", l) == 0)
      xorriso->toc_emulation_flag&= ~1;
    else if(strncmp(cpt, "on", l) == 0)
      xorriso->toc_emulation_flag|= 1;
+   else if(strncmp(cpt, "force", l) == 0)
+     xorriso->toc_emulation_flag|= 4;
    else if(strncmp(cpt, "emul_off", l) == 0)
      xorriso->toc_emulation_flag|= 2;
    else if(strncmp(cpt, "emul_on", l) == 0)

xorriso/xorriso_private.h

@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ struct XorrisO { /* the global context of xorriso */
                                   scan -ROM profiles for ISO sessions
                             bit1= bit4 for isoburn_drive_aquire()
                                   do not emulate TOC on overwriteable media
+                            bit2= bit7 for isoburn_drive_aquire()
+                                  pretend any media to be -ROM
                          */
 
  int image_start_mode;  /* From what address to load the ISO image

xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h

@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2009.10.07.075634"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2009.10.07.080042"

xorriso/xorrisoburn.c

@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ int Xorriso_aquire_drive(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *adr, int flag)
 
  if(dinfo==NULL) {
    aquire_flag= 1 | ((flag&(8|4))>>1) | ((xorriso->toc_emulation_flag & 3)<<3);
+   if(xorriso->toc_emulation_flag & 4)
+     aquire_flag|= 128;
    if(!(xorriso->do_aaip & 1))
      aquire_flag|= 32;
    if((xorriso->ino_behavior & (1 | 2)) && !(xorriso->do_aaip & (4 | 32)))