Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:22:32 -0700 From: John Kennedy <warlock@jk.homeunix.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE DVD playback on 5.1-CURRENT Message-ID: <20030828002232.GA1386@pandora.jk.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0308262112470.1072-100000@thorn.ashke.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0308262112470.1072-100000@thorn.ashke.com>
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:31:45PM -0400, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > I've asked this same question on freebsd-questions an on #freebsd > (freenode), but haven't gotten any answer, so I thought I'd ask on here. > ... > Is DVD playback just not supported on IDE drives on FreeBSD -CURRENT? This is dated impressions, but ~2 years ago SCSI definitely had better support than IDE. My impression was that SCSI had more standardization and was easier for people to write code for. IMHO, *BSD is doing the right thing by making things look like SCSI (like my USB keyfob-drive, DVD drive over Firewire, etc) and it gets better support by presenting them as SCSI. Take that support away by going native IDE and then you're at the mercy of a specialized device driver that gets a lot less eyeballing.
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