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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!Myrias.AB.CA!news From: Jean-Henri Duteau <jeand@myrias.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Sony CD-ROM support... Date: 01 Oct 1996 11:43:21 -0600 Organization: Myrias Computer Technologies Lines: 27 Sender: jeand@moe.Myrias.AB.CA Message-ID: <xktviculgw6.fsf@moe.Myrias.AB.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: moe.myrias.ab.ca X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 I've tried searching and searching, but I can't find any help so I'll cautiously post this question which has probably been asked many times before I got here. 8-) In the Technical Support for FreeBSD, it talks about Sony CD-ROM support being for all models. But in other areas (I can't remember where else exactly), it only mentions 31Aish support. I have an old Sony CD-ROM which I believe is a CDU-53x model. And I don't believe that FreeBSD supports it -- at least I can't get FB to see the drive. Is it true that 2.1.5 supports ALL Sony CD-ROM drives? If so, what am I missing? Do I have to build a new kernel to get it supported? I can do that. If it's not true that this drive is supported, how difficult would it be to port Linux's SONYCD driver to FreeBSD? I'm a newbie when it comes to device drivers but not to systems programming. Would a straight Linux->BSD conversion work? Or are there other aspects involved that I don't know about. Thanks for the time to answer. -- Jean-Henri Duteau jeand@myrias.com (work) jeand@west-teq.net (home) Fantasy Sports Guru -- Commissioner--RHL,RHHL,LFHL,CFFL.Owner--FHL,FFL,RCFFL Interested in fantasy sports??? Check out http://west-teq.net/~jeand/ Currently working on RHS -- a GNU Hockey Simulator system, and NeXTzip, a Z-Machine Interpreter for NeXTstep.