Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:07:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> Cc: Ateeq A Altaf <A.A.Altaf-CSSE97@cs.bham.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LS-120 floppy drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114120608.4016G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19971113235225.25207.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > I was actually considering writing such a driver, but I would need a > lot of help from the driver-masters. I guess I am trying to gage the > interst level in such a beast. Since I already know the pain level on > my behalf will be high :-) :-) In that case contact hackers@freebsd.org and see if you can get someone to help you. You'll have to get the hardware spec for the drive(s) you wish to support, but the ATAPI interface work has been done for you. It would be a good example on how to program other ATAPI modules, ie tapes, ZIP/Jaz, etc.... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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