Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 21:08:44 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Søren Schmidt <sos@sos.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD current) Subject: Re: multiple cd drives, how to... Message-ID: <15159.876683324@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:22:53 %2B0200." <199710121822.UAA16562@sos.freebsd.dk>
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In message <199710121822.UAA16562@sos.freebsd.dk>, Søren Schmidt writes: > >I'm currently implementing support for multiple CD drives in the ATAPI >driver, question is how to switch the CD. >Should it be done by using the patition (a-h) gives which gives 8 >possibilities, or should it be coded into the minor number. >Another possiblity is to use the cdcontrol program via ioctls to >switch. > >Votes ?? Do not use the partitions. Why don't you just take the number of drive numbers you need ? That way you can mount all of the CD's and the changer will plug in whatever one you access. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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