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 -- README.sjcd
                                80% of the work takes 20% of the time,
                                20% of the work takes 80% of the time...
                                                (Murphy law)

                                Once started, training can not be stopped...
                                                (StarWars)

This is the README for the sjcd cdrom driver, version 1.3.

This file is meant as a tips & tricks edge for the usage of the SANYO CDR-H94A
cdrom drive. It will grow as the questions arise. ;-)
Since the drive often comes with an ISP16 soundcard, which can be used
as cdrom interface, this is also the place for ISP16 related issues.

The driver should work with any SoundBlaster/Panasonic style CDROM interface,
including the "soft configurable" MediaMagic sound card.
To make this sound card (and others like "Mozart") working, it has to get 
"configured" by software.
The suggestion to configure the ISP16 soundcard by booting DOS and 
a warm reboot to boot Linux somehow doesn't work, at least not
on Eric's machine (IPC P90), with the version of the ISP16
card he has (there appear to be at least two versions: Eric's card with
no jumpered IDE support and Vadim's version with a jumper to enable
IDE support).
Therefore detection and configuration of the ISP16 interfaces is included
in the driver.
If we should support any other interfaces (which cannot be configured
through DOS) or if there are any more ISP16 types, please let us
know (maarel@marin.nl) and we'll see.

Otherwise, you should boot DOS once (and by this, run the "configuration driver")
and then switch to Linux by use of CTL-ALT-DEL. Each use of the RESET
button or the power switch makes this procedure necessary again.
If no ISP16 is detected, there's no harm done; a card configured trough DOS
may still work as expected.

ISP16 configuration routines reside at Vadim's server
      rbrf.msk.su:/linux/mediamagic/
and at Eberhard's mirror
      ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/sanyo/

Leo Spiekman's configuration routines 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/

Eric van der Maarel's routines are included in sjcd.c.
This, and any related stuff may be found by anonymous ftp at
      ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/sanyo/

The device major for sjcd is 18, and minor is 0. Create a block special
file in your /dev directory (e.g., /dev/sjcd) with these numbers.
(For those who don't know, being root and the following should do the trick:
  mknod -m 644 /dev/sjcd b 18 0
and mount the cdrom by /dev/sjcd).

The default configuration parameters are:
  base address 0x340
  irq 10
  no dma
As of version 1.2, setting base address, irq and dma at boot time is supported
through the use of command line options: type at the "boot:" prompt:
  linux sjcd=<base address>,<irq>,<dma>
(where your kernel is assumed to be called by saying "linux" to
the boot manager).

If something is wrong, e-mail to                vadim@rbrf.msk.su
                                        or      vadim@ipsun.ras.ru
                                        or      model@cecmow.enet.dec.com

It happens sometimes that Vadim is not reachable by mail. For these
instances, Eric van der Maarel (maarel@marin.nl) will help, too.

                Vadim V. Model, Eric van der Maarel, Eberhard Moenkeberg

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