On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Mike Smith scribbled this message on Jul 15: > > > Is the matcd driver known to work on FreeBSD 3.2 ? If not, does anyone > > > have any estimate of the amount of effort that'd be required to fix it? > > > > It "works" for some definitions of "work". Firstly, there are three > > different CDROM interfaces that can be hung off an SB16; one is the > > Matsushita drive, there's also a Mutsumi interface (I don't think we > > support it) and a Sony interface (also, I believe, unsupported). > > actually, only certain drives are supported on the interfaces... this > is from -current's LINT: > # for the Sony CDU31/33A CDROM > device scd0 at isa? port 0x230 > # matcd: Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM > # for the SoundBlaster 16 multicd - up to 4 devices > controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 > # mcd: Mitsumi CD-ROM > device mcd0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 > > so, we support all three different interfaces, but the support is > quite weak... I'm not even sure if these even work anymore, do > people havesome hardware they run tests on these interfaces? I have a 486 with a matcd drive. Currently it runs 2.2.8R. The CD works, though occasionaly I get errors on it. I intend to upgrade it to 3.2R or -STABLE as soon as I get its monitor fixed (died a few weeks ago :-( )... > > -- > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 541 684 8449 > Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 > > "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it. > The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson > > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
