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/ -] |-- There are operating systems, and then there's BSD. \-- http://www.freebsd.org/ 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? > .. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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