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diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/optcd b/Documentation/cdrom/optcd new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6f46c7adb24 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/optcd @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +This is the README file for the Optics Storage 8000 AT CDROM device driver. + +This is the driver for the so-called 'DOLPHIN' drive, with the 34-pin +Sony-compatible interface. For the IDE-compatible Optics Storage 8001 +drive, you will want the ATAPI CDROM driver. The driver also seems to +work with the Lasermate CR328A. If you have a drive that works with +this driver, and that doesn't report itself as DOLPHIN, please drop me +a mail. + +The support for multisession CDs is in ALPHA stage. If you use it, +please mail me your experiences. Multisession support can be disabled +at compile time. + +You can find some older versions of the driver at + dutette.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/linux/ +and at Eberhard's mirror + ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/optics/ + +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. + +The driver employs a number of buffers to do read-ahead and block size +conversion. The number of buffers is configurable in optcd.h, and has +influence on the driver performance. For my machine (a P75), 6 buffers +seems optimal, as can be seen from this table: + +#bufs kb/s %cpu +1 97 0.1 +2 191 0.3 +3 188 0.2 +4 246 0.3 +5 189 19 +6 280 0.4 +7 281 7.0 +8 246 2.8 +16 281 3.4 + +If you get a throughput significantly below 300 kb/s, try tweaking +N_BUFS, and don't forget to mail me your results! + +I'd appreciate success/failure reports. If you find a bug, try +recompiling the driver with some strategically chosen debug options +(these can be found in optcd.h) and include the messages generated in +your bug report. Good luck. + +Leo Spiekman (spiekman@dutette.et.tudelft.nl) |