Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 14:13:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Dan Walters <hannibal@cyberstation.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-RW documentation... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.971023135209.2846B-100000@citrine.cyberstation.net> In-Reply-To: <199710231539.BAA00881@word.smith.net.au>
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > Never mind, it's amazing how you always find things right after you give > > up and ask. :) For anyone wondering, the motherload of specs can be > > found by ftp at fission.dt.wdc.com, including the working draft of the > > ATAPI Removable Rewritable Specification, SFF-8070. Wish their web pages > > would mention the site. :) > > Thanks for finding the number for me; I ran out of patience downloading > them, struggling to print them and giving up 8) It may be SFF-8080 though - I thought 8070 was it, but after reading the intro it sounded more like something for the new floppy drives... 8080 is clearly CD-RW. > Nobody's begun any work, as such. Again, I exhort you to look at > Justin Gibbs' CAM framework; it is the future of mass storage > interfaces in FreeBSD, and we should be looking towards it. Already downloaded it, just havn't had the chance to look at any of it yet. I take it that going the CAM route would be a completely different approach than writing an ATAPI sub-driver? ====================================================================== Dan Walters hannibal@cyberstation.net ======================================================================
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