patch-1.3.21 linux/drivers/block/README.optcd

• Lines: 31
• Date: Mon Aug 28 09:58:20 1995
• Orig file: v1.3.20/linux/drivers/block/README.optcd
• Orig date: Fri Jul 7 08:54:44 1995

diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.20/linux/drivers/block/README.optcd linux/drivers/block/README.optcd
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 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.
+The driver contains code to enable an ISP16 interface if it finds one.  It
+didn't originally (although this README erroneously said so), because I think
+this kind of code should go into its own module. But having to use a hack all
+the time in order to use a part of the standard kernel started to annoy me, so
+I copied the ISP16 code by Eric van der Maarel (maarel@marin.nl) from Vadim
+Model's Sanyo sjcd driver. I'll remove it again from this driver when we have
+some common way to talk to ISP16 interfaces.
 
-My configuration code for the ISP-16 card can get found at
+My original 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/
@@ -32,7 +37,10 @@
 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.
+work, as far as I tested. It also seems to work for several 1.3.x versions.
+If you use it, I'd appreciate success/failure reports. If you find a bug,
+try recompiling the driver with some strategically chosen #undef DEBUG_...'s
+changed into #defines (you'll find them in .../include/linux/optcd.h) and
+include the messages generated in your bug report. Good luck.
 
 Leo Spiekman (spiekman@dutette.et.tudelft.nl)