Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 23:39:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <jeffrey_m._metcalf@ccmail.bms.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, metcalf@imagine.com Subject: Re: IDE CDROM drivers Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808233732.222O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9607088395.AA839554088@ccgate0.bms.com>
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I'm pruning Mr. O'Connor's address since his machine keeps rejecting the mail connection request. On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > I am inquiring as to whether or not there have been improvements to > IDE CDROM device drivers since the 2.1.0 release of FreeBSD. I > understand that at the time of the 2.1.0 release, the drivers were > in their alpha testing phase. I have a Matsushita-Panasonic CR581 > 4x speed IDE CDROM at home and the drivers work beautifully with > it. It is connected as Master device through my secondary IDE > interface. Some improvement, but not as much as is really necessary. > My collegue has a SONY 2x speed IDE CDROM and the IDE installation > program is not detecting his. Are there any updated drivers at > Walnut Creek that we should download and try? If so, where would > we find them and documentation on how to incorporate the new drivers > into the kernel sources? If not, is work ongoing? Ugh, Sony. Have you tried configuring his similarly to yours in respect to positioning / jumpering on the IDE busses? Sony tends to violate standards, so I wouldn't be surprised if it never works. Perhaps someone with experience with these drives can comment. Actually, are you _positive_ it's a ATAPI/IDE CD and not a proprietary interface CD? There is a Sony CD driver (scd) in the system for proprietary controllers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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