Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:53:05 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: matcd on an SB16 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990715095305.007b4490@192.168.255.1> In-Reply-To: <19990715010517.21550@hydrogen.fircrest.net> References: <199907150750.AAA01206@dingo.cdrom.com> <199907090328.MAA08098@gizmo.internode.com.au> <199907150750.AAA01206@dingo.cdrom.com>
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At 01:05 15/07/99 -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >Mike Smith scribbled this message on Jul 15: >> > Is the matcd driver known to work on FreeBSD 3.2 ? If not, does anyone >> > have any estimate of the amount of effort that'd be required to fix it? >> >> It "works" for some definitions of "work". Firstly, there are three >> different CDROM interfaces that can be hung off an SB16; one is the >> Matsushita drive, there's also a Mutsumi interface (I don't think we >> support it) and a Sony interface (also, I believe, unsupported). > >actually, only certain drives are supported on the interfaces... this >is from -current's LINT: ># for the Sony CDU31/33A CDROM >device scd0 at isa? port 0x230 ># matcd: Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM ># for the SoundBlaster 16 multicd - up to 4 devices >controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 ># mcd: Mitsumi CD-ROM >device mcd0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 > >so, we support all three different interfaces, but the support is >quite weak... I'm not even sure if these even work anymore, do >people have some hardware they run tests on these interfaces? I have an mcd (with a Mitsumi controller, not SB16) on a spammable box, it worked last time I tried (2.2.8R). [But that wasn't the original question.] -- Bob Bishop +44 118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 118 989 4254 (0800-1800 UK) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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