Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:51:29 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Dan Walters <hannibal@cyberstation.net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-RW documentation... Message-ID: <199710240221.LAA00498@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Oct 1997 14:13:19 EST." <Pine.BSI.3.96.971023135209.2846B-100000@citrine.cyberstation.net>
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> > > > Nobody's begun any work, as such. Again, I exhort you to look at > > Justin Gibbs' CAM framework; it is the future of mass storage > > interfaces in FreeBSD, and we should be looking towards it. > > Already downloaded it, just havn't had the chance to look at any of it > yet. I take it that going the CAM route would be a completely different > approach than writing an ATAPI sub-driver? Yes. Aside from the fact that the code would have a much longer life, adding the requisite ATAPI parts to the CAM framework would automatically buy you CD-RW, IDE tape and ATAPI disk support, modulo a little more work. mike
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