From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 13 05:39:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA17487 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 05:39:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from minnow.render.com (render.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA17472; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 05:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from minnow.render.com (minnow.render.com [193.195.178.1]) by minnow.render.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA08906; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:39:16 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:39:13 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: sos@FreeBSD.org cc: Alexey Pialkin , jkh@time.cdrom.com, ache@nagual.ru, spblug@tsctube.spb.su, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ATAPI patch In-Reply-To: <199609130945.LAA10504@ra.dkuug.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 FAX: +44 171 734 6426