From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 17 14:11:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4039514E91 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:11:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA04351; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:09:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Message-Id: <199908172109.PAA04351@panzer.kdm.org> Subject: Re: cd writer recommendation? In-Reply-To: <199908172057.NAA90801@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Aug 17, 1999 01:57:54 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:09:17 -0600 (MDT) Cc: atrens@nortelnetworks.com, ksb@abyss.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Kenneth D. Merry" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ Amancio's reply moved to the *bottom* where replies belong.. ] 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message