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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:09:17 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Cc:        atrens@nortelnetworks.com, ksb@abyss.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cd writer recommendation?
Message-ID:  <199908172109.PAA04351@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <199908172057.NAA90801@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Aug 17, 1999 01:57:54 pm"

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Amancio Hasty wrote...
> > Amancio Hasty wrote...
> > > Lets see what the CAM people have to say about providing an
> > > interface to ATAPI CDs including CD recorders.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Kevin S. Brackett wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > For a list of "reported to work" drives that work with cdrecord check out:
> > > > > http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdwriters-1.8.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > Also, notice the "It should run on: All SCSI-3/mmc compliant drives, All
> > > > > ATAPI/mmc compliant drvies"
> > > > > 
> > > > > The HP 7200 drive is listed, so maybe it will work with your drive.
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, actually it requires Linux's `scsi emulation layer' which makes
> > > > atapi's look like scsi's (I know this is a simplification) - FreeBSD
> > > > currently has no equivalent :) .
> > > > 
> > > > Andrew.
> > 
> > 
> > The reason the ATAPI subsystem isn't under CAM is because Soren hasn't been
> > terribly interested in doing it.  Justin and I have offered to help, but we
> > won't be the ones doing the bulk of the work if it happens.
> > 
> > Perhaps if Soren or someone else has the time and inclination at some
> > point, it will happen.  I wouldn't count on it anytime soon, though.
> 
> Perhaps PHK could add this item to his list of baby 
> hacker projects...

This is not a "baby" hacker project by any means.  It will take someone
with a reasonable amount of knowledge and skill to do it.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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