From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 11:32:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA14833 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA14811; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:32:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA02613; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:32:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:32:54 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Søren Schmidt cc: FreeBSD current , FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: TESTERS WANTED for new ATAPI CD/CDR/CDRW driver. In-Reply-To: <199808141707.TAA00337@sos.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id LAA14817 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG does this code have a watchdog to prevent ATAPI proccesses from tsleeping forever? (i don't have a burner, but i will test it if does) -Alfred Perlstein -- Programmer @ HotJobs Inc. [- http://www.hotjobs.com/ -] |-- There are operating systems, and then there's BSD. \-- http://www.freebsd.org/ On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote: > > A workable snapshot is available on: > > ftp;//sos.freebsd.dk/pub/ATAPI/* > > >From the README: > > This is a snapshot of my work in progress on the new ATA/ATAPI subsystem. > Please dont distribute this, only use it for testing, as it is > alpha level code which is undergoing rapid changes. > > The main use of this snap is to test the support for ATAPI CD burners, > and the driver has been adapted to the old ATAPI system to serve only > this purpose. > > Both ATAPI CD-R & CD-RW drives are supported, and it has been tested > with a HP7200i and a BTC BCE621E (also sold under the KISS name). > The driver might scribble various messages on the console, but > most should be harmless diagnostics. As always YMMV. > > Install the new driver files new-files.tgz and apply the patches > in sys-diff, make a new entry in your configfile for the new > "acd" atapi device, config & make a new kernel. > > The acd driver uses the same devicemajor as the old wcd driver, so > you can reuse the /dev/*wcd* devices. However if you use DEVFS it > will register itself under the name /dev/*acd*. > > I have includes a modified version of "wormcontrol" that can talk > to the acd driver. It has two new commands "nextwriteable" that > tells the driver the next writeable block on a CDR/CDRW, used when > burning more that 1 track (for audio mostly). > > Example scripts for burning data & audio CD's are also included. > > The cd ripper program "cdd" is also here in a modified version > that can talk to the acd driver. > > Enjoy and let me know the results... > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? > .. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message