Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 23:24 CST From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) To: FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Cc: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org Subject: Need bdev major number assignment Message-ID: <m0rT0yj-0004vuC@nemesis.lonestar.org>
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According to conf.c: [-]/* [-]* If you need a bdev major number, please contact the FreeBSD team [-]* by sending mail to "FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com". [-]* If you assign one yourself it may conflict with someone else. [-]*/ Ok. I am in the early stages of debugging a driver for the Matsushita CD-ROM drive for use with FreeBSD. This is the drive with the proprietary interface that you find on SoundBlaster audio cards (sometimes called the Creative/Panasonic interface), as well as SB-clone audio cards and standalone CD-ROM interface cards bundled with the drives. This double-speed drive is marketed under the names Creative, Reveal, and Panasonic, and comes bundled with many types computers. The interface (and the driver) should support up to four of these drives. These drives can be had separately for between $170 and $230. If you are affiliated with any company that sells Creative Labs products, you can take advantage of the Creative Labs employee discount and get them for less. (I have no affiliation with Creative Labs, so this isn't meant to be a commercial.) I wrote to Nate about this project several months ago who indicated that he didn't know of anyone who was working on this. (I have programming details on many such devices.) I am currently using major #8 (having null pointers in there as the default is a bit dangerous, isn't it?) but would like a more permanent number assigned. No rush on this, as I will be on vacation next week and won't be getting back on this until around the 20th, and I certainly can keep using #8 for a while. Thanks. Also, if you have a mechanism for getting beta testers and feedback that is preferred over posting in the various comp.os.386bsd groups, give me the details on that and/or add me to any appropriate mailing lists. (By default, I'd just post the driver and see what happens.) Thanks for that too. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@trsvax.ast.com (Internet)| demand... A WORKING PENTIUM!!! ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"A what?" ...decvax!trsvax.fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983 "Where do you want to go today? Anywhere Microsoft tells you to(TM)." :-( - (C) 1995 MADSoft
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