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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:39:13 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
To:        sos@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Alexey Pialkin <pialkin@abel.pdmi.ras.ru>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, ache@nagual.ru, spblug@tsctube.spb.su, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ATAPI patch
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.960913133838.4396X-100000@minnow.render.com>
In-Reply-To: <199609130945.LAA10504@ra.dkuug.dk>

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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 sos@FreeBSD.org wrote:

> In reply to Alexey Pialkin who wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think what he was wondering was whether you'd managed to make the
> > > GoldStar work with any *less* delays, e.g. is each and every one of them
> > > known to be necessary?
> > 
> > Ugh. Got a point. 
> > Yeah - i think it is possible to stay DELAYs only in atapi_probe() - all others
> > are not so neccesary.
> > 
> > P.S. sorry for such unended patch - but as i said before it's just a hack to get work CDROM. I hope someone sometime will able to write complet ATAPI driver and we will remeber this prolems just as a nightmare that have passed :)
> 
> As I have allready stated, I'm on to it, but given the gigantic
> (!NOT) response I have gotten so far, NOONE really seems to care
> about it,
> 
> SO GUYS IF YOU WANT A FUNCTIONAL ATA/ATAPI DRIVER READ MY POSTING !!!
> 
> I will spend what I have of time on it, but I don't have a budget
> that allows me to go out and buy zillions of different devices....

I have a Mitsumi FX004 and a Goldstar of some kind which I can test on.

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Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
						Phone: +44 171 734 3761
						FAX:   +44 171 734 6426




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