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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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