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- 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.
-
- My 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/
-
- Much more elaborate information can be found at ftp:rbrf.msk.su,
- where Vadim Model (vadim@rbrf.msk.su) has made available an ISP16
- device driver.
- Vadim's directory is
- rbrf.msk.su:/linux/mediamagic/
- and Eberhard is holding a mirror at
- ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/sanyo/
-
-
- Before you can use the driver, you have to create the device file once:
- # mknod /dev/optcd0 b 17 0
-
- To specify the base address if the driver is "compiled-in" to your kernel,
- you can use the kernel command line item (LILO option)
- optcd=0x340
- with the right address.
-
- If you have compiled optcd as a module, you can load it with
- # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o
- or
- # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o optcd=0x340
- 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.
-
- Leo Spiekman (spiekman@dutette.et.tudelft.nl)
-