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- Lines: 31
- Date:
Mon Aug 28 09:58:20 1995
- Orig file:
v1.3.20/linux/drivers/block/README.optcd
- Orig date:
Fri Jul 7 08:54:44 1995
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.20/linux/drivers/block/README.optcd linux/drivers/block/README.optcd
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
This is the README file for the Optics Storage 8000 AT CDROM device driver.
-The driver contains code to enable an ISP16 interface if it finds one, so if
-you have that, you're lucky.
+The driver contains code to enable an ISP16 interface if it finds one. It
+didn't originally (although this README erroneously said so), because I think
+this kind of code should go into its own module. But having to use a hack all
+the time in order to use a part of the standard kernel started to annoy me, so
+I copied the ISP16 code by Eric van der Maarel ([email protected]) from Vadim
+Model's Sanyo sjcd driver. I'll remove it again from this driver when we have
+some common way to talk to ISP16 interfaces.
-My configuration code for the ISP-16 card can get found at
+My original configuration code for the ISP-16 card can get found at
dutette.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/linux/
and at Eberhard's mirror
ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/optics/
@@ -32,7 +37,10 @@
with the matching address value of your interface card.
I have tried the module with several 1.2.x kernel versions, and it seems to
-work, as far as I tested. If you use it, I'd appreciate success/failure
-reports.
+work, as far as I tested. It also seems to work for several 1.3.x versions.
+If you use it, I'd appreciate success/failure reports. If you find a bug,
+try recompiling the driver with some strategically chosen #undef DEBUG_...'s
+changed into #defines (you'll find them in .../include/linux/optcd.h) and
+include the messages generated in your bug report. Good luck.
Leo Spiekman ([email protected])
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, [email protected]
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, [email protected]
with Sam's (original) version of this