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Date:      Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:49:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        Takeshi OHASHI <ohashi@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp>, dmiller@search.sparks.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DVD-ram
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907061447030.254-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199907061724.LAA85126@panzer.kdm.org>

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On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:

> IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and
> Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver.  The
> CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it's a one-line fix to
> change that.

From what I can tell, some of the DVD-RAM drives are actually treated as
disks (would use the da driver).  For example, check out
http://mpeg.openprojects.net/panasonic.html to see the Linux "driver" for
the Panasonic LF-D100.  The comments outnumber the code.

> I'd like to hear what your rationale for a separate driver is, though.

- alex

I thought felt your touch
In my car, on my clutch
But I guess it's just someone who felt a lot like I remember you.
  - Translator



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