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From: bab@cypress.com (Barry Boes/CADC Datacomm CAD)
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Subject: IDE cd-rom drivers
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  OK, so I finally decided to get a CD-rom drive for my computer.  I
went to the local hardware store and they had none of the drives on
the "works with FreeBSD" list.  So, I purchased the cheapest 6x ATAPI
CD-ROM drive I could.  I carried it home, plugged it in, and of course
it did not work.
  I looked to find any more recent FreeBSD IDE CD drivers and could
not find one. I'm running 2.1.0-RELEASE, and I checked 2.1.5-RELEASE
and the cvs tree and it appears this stuff has remained untouched for
some time now. (Did I look in the right place?  I used the http CVS
browser.)
  So, I downloaded the 1.2 ATAPI specification SFF-8020 and started
working.  I found some places where the current atapi code doesn't
conform to the spec.  I changed the code, and viola!  The drive started
working.
  Now it appears to me that with just a little more work this driver
could be made to be much more generic and stable.  And I owe FreeBSD
in a big way - I've been using it for everything for awhile.  So my
question - Are these modifications worth anything to anyone else?  Are
they worth the effort it would take one of the core contributors to
show me how to roll them into the source tree (-CURRENT maybe?)

  If you reply, please send to me directly, I don't subscribe to
the -hackers list and don't have access to a news server that does.

							-Barry