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Date:      Fri, 24 May 1996 12:48:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at
Subject:   Re: Hi again: PD optical drives
Message-ID:  <199605241648.MAA24419@hda>
In-Reply-To: <199605232049.WAA19115@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at May 23, 96 10:49:41 pm

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> 
> (Moved to freebsd-scsi, seems more appropriate.)
> 
> As Hr.Ladavac wrote:
> 
> > > I've got an MO drive working with the `od' driver, in case this is
> > > what you mean.
> > 
> > A relatively new "Phase Change" technology.  Somewhat similar to MO, but
> > not quite - a rewritable purely optical.
> > 
> > `od' driver could be interesting as a start, but these things combine
> > a SCSI CD-ROM reader on one LUN, and a Removable Media on another
> > (not at the same time, though.)  
> 
> Ah, ok.
> 
> We're still in need for a good design of how to share the CD-ROM
> driver with the WORM driver (since all CD-R devices constitute a
> superclass of CD-ROM).  So we should try to find a good way how to
> arrange for this functionality.
> 
> Basically, a `pd' driver would be nothing else than an `od' driver on
> LUN 0, and a `cd' driver on LUN 1.  The only specific code would be
> the driver probe.

If it probes properly it should just work as is.  If it doesn't a config
hack should work.

-- 
Peter Dufault               Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation
HD Associates, Inc.         Voice: 508 433 6936
dufault@hda.com             Fax:   508 433 5267



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