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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:32:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>
To:        Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        FreeBSD current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: TESTERS WANTED for new ATAPI CD/CDR/CDRW driver.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980814143157.2111G-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
In-Reply-To: <199808141707.TAA00337@sos.freebsd.dk>

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does this code have a watchdog to prevent ATAPI proccesses from tsleeping
forever?

(i don't have a burner, but i will test it if does)

-Alfred Perlstein
--

Programmer @ HotJobs Inc. [- http://www.hotjobs.com/ -]
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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote:

> 
> A workable snapshot is available on:
> 
> ftp;//sos.freebsd.dk/pub/ATAPI/*
> 
> >From the README:
> 
> This is a snapshot of my work in progress on the new ATA/ATAPI subsystem.
> Please dont distribute this, only use it for testing, as it is
> alpha level code which is undergoing rapid changes.
> 
> The main use of this snap is to test the support for ATAPI CD burners,
> and the driver has been adapted to the old ATAPI system to serve only
> this purpose.
> 
> Both ATAPI CD-R & CD-RW drives are supported, and it has been tested
> with a HP7200i and a BTC BCE621E (also sold under the KISS name).
> The driver might scribble various messages on the console, but
> most should be harmless diagnostics. As always YMMV.
> 
> Install the new driver files new-files.tgz and apply the patches
> in sys-diff, make a new entry in your configfile for the new
> "acd" atapi device, config & make a new kernel.
> 
> The acd driver uses the same devicemajor as the old wcd driver, so
> you can reuse the /dev/*wcd* devices. However if you use DEVFS it
> will register itself under the name /dev/*acd*.
> 
> I have includes a modified version of "wormcontrol" that can talk
> to the acd driver. It has two new commands "nextwriteable" that
> tells the driver the next writeable block on a CDR/CDRW, used when
> burning more that 1 track (for audio mostly).
> 
> Example scripts for burning data & audio CD's are also included.
> 
> The cd ripper program "cdd" is also here in a modified version
> that can talk to the acd driver.
> 
> Enjoy and let me know the results...
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Søren Schmidt               (sos@FreeBSD.org)               FreeBSD Core Team
>                 Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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