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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: Which Mitsumi drives? Distribution: usa Message-ID: <CyxHIE.Gsu@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: Internet Direct, indirect.com Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 02:56:38 GMT References: <1994Nov4.175546.24149@newsgate.sps.mot.com> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 25 Mark Monninger (rapw20@email.sps.mot.com) wrote: > Which Mitsumi CD-ROM drives are supported in FreeBSD 1.1.5? I ran > across an ad for the Mitsumi FX for what appears to be a reasonable > price but I don't know if it will work with FreeBSD. > > All info will be appreciated. Good question! I bought an FX-001D Saturday, and I now have it *almost* working with FreeBSD 1.1. The mcd_probe routine finds the drive OK, recognizes it as having "recent" firware, PICKLEs the controller (whatever *that* means ;^) but whenever I try to access the drive via /dev/[r]mcd0[ad], I get "device not configured." Go figure. How am I supposed to configure the DMA on the controller? Since the GENERIC config file line doesn't mention a "drq" value, does this mean I'm supposed to use no DMA? If the author of this driver is out there, I'd be glad to help with a cleanup of the code, and to write a man page, if anyone is interested. Wes Peters