Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-30 Thread Masoud Sharbiani
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You see, I can't even begin to write one line of code, because I know > nothing about what I am supposed to do. Sure, I know the basics, I have > written toy device drivers for Linux, I know how to implement a driver for > Minix, understand the main loop, handling messa

Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-30 Thread james
reciate your time very much. James - Original Message - From: "Francois Romieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit : > How do

Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-29 Thread Francois Romieu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit : > Where do I get this basic info on ATAPI? Will I benefit from the IDE > standards document? Where can I get that? www.t13.org ww.google.com It's time consuming but you may see something emerging from your work in a few monthes if you sacrifice your

Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-28 Thread james
>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver > > Unfortunately, I simply do not understand the code for device drivers that > > hackers have written. I don't know where to start and how to make sense of > > the c

Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-28 Thread james
From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver > > If anyone on the kernel list has written a driver for a CDROM please send me > > mail about

Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-28 Thread Alan Cox
> If anyone on the kernel list has written a driver for a CDROM please send me > mail about how you went about it, did you approach the manufacturer for the > documentation on the device, if I made a mistake could I ruin my hardware? > and stuff like that. For IDE CD-ROM there is a standard. Its

Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

2001-05-28 Thread james
Hello Kernel Hackers, Bloody Minix doesn't have a CDROM driver for my CDROM, a Creative Quad speed. I'm dual booting between Linux and Minix. Linux uses my CDROM no problems. I am thinking a "generic" CDROM driver might fit the bill for this CDROM (the system is an old 486DX2/66, 20MB RAM, 500MB