patch-2.1.82 linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd

• Lines: 67
• Date: Sun Jan 25 10:11:40 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.81/linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
• Orig date: Tue Dec 2 11:41:44 1997

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.81/linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 IDE-CD driver documentation
-19 May 1996
-scott snyder  <snyder@fnald0.fnal.gov>
+Originally by scott snyder  <snyder@fnald0.fnal.gov> (19 May 1996)
+Carrying on the torch is: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
 
 1. Introduction
 ---------------
 
-The ide-cd driver should work with all ATAPI 1.2 compliant cdrom
-drives which attach to an IDE interface.  Note that some cdrom vendors
+The ide-cd driver should work with all ATAPI ver 1.2 to ATAPI 2.6 compliant 
+cdrom drives which attach to an IDE interface.  Note that some cdrom vendors
 (including Mitsumi, Sony, Creative, Aztech, and Goldstar) have made
 both ATAPI-compliant drives and drives which use a proprietary
 interface.  If your drive uses one of those proprietary interfaces,
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 
  - On drives which support it, reading digital audio data directly
    from audio tracks.  The program cdda2wav can be used for this.
-   Note, however, that only a few drives actually support this
-   function; the only ones which i've heard of successes with are Sony
-   and Toshiba drives.
+   Note, however, that only some drives actually support this.
 
  - There is now support for cdrom changers which comply with the 
    ATAPI 2.6 draft standard (such as the NEC CDR-251).  This additional
@@ -50,10 +48,13 @@
    driver.
 
 1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the
-   kernel you're using.  When configuring the kernel, say `yes' to the
-   options 
+   kernel you're using.  When configuring the kernel, in the section 
+   entitled "Floppy, IDE, and other block devices", say either `Y' 
+   (which will compile the support directly into the kernel) or `M'
+   (to compile support as a module which can be loaded and unloaded)
+   to the options: 
 
-      Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape support
+      Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
       Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support
 
    and `no' to
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@
    address and an IRQ number, the standard assignments being
    0x170 and 14 for the primary interface and 0x1f0 and 15 for the
    secondary interface.  Each interface can control up to two devices,
-   where each device can be either a hard drive, a cdrom drive, or a
-   tape drive.  The two devices on an interface are called `master'
+   where each device can be a hard drive, a cdrom drive, a floppy drive, 
+   or a tape drive.  The two devices on an interface are called `master'
    and `slave'; this is usually selectable via a jumper on the drive.
 
    Linux names these devices as follows.  The master and slave devices
@@ -223,7 +224,9 @@
    - If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the
      driver to assume that one exists by using a lilo option of the
      form `hdX=cdrom', where X is the drive letter corresponding to
-     where your drive is installed (see section 2).  Note that if you
+     where your drive is installed (see section 2). This is required
+     for CDROM drives such as the Pioneer DR-A24X, which do not properly
+     identify themselves as ATAPI CDROM drives.  Note that if you
      do this and you see a boot message like
 
        hdX: ATAPI cdrom (?)