root/drivers/block/README.optcd

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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)

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