According to SLP: While burning my CPU.
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> Hi,
> I have that old NEC 260 CDR cd rom drive and had to download
> its driver. Now that I have the nec 260.c driver (a C program I suppose), I
> m trying to recompile my kernel to support it.
> I did "make config"...but I just get options like Network support..TCP/IP
> support..But what option should I choose
> for the NEC driver support???
>
According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help a NEC-260 is a
IDE/ATAPI CDROM, so to answer your question, you do not need any extra
driver code, its all included in the kernel source itself.
While doing 'make config' you will be presented with;
Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD) [Y/n/?]
{say 'y' to include support.}
Which is under the section;
* Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
This section is right after 'General setup'.
If you are using kernel 2.0.34 or higher you will need to define;
Native language support (Needed for FAT and ISO9660) (CONFIG_NLS) [Y/m/n/?]
Then say 'yes' or 'm'(odule) to;
ISO9660 cdrom filesystem support (CONFIG_ISO9660_FS) [M/n/y/?]
Now another point, "IF" you are using the kernel which was installed from
your distribution source, ie, a cd-rom then the chances are you already have
'support' for the device.
Above you mention "nec 260.c" as far as i know there is no nec 206.c
anywhere in the source code, there is however cm206.c which is support for
Philips/LMS CM206 CDROM which is completly different to the above
explantion about ATAPI/IDE cdroms, the cm206 has its own adaptor card, very
much like a mcd cdrom.
Anyway i hope this all helps.
> Thanks
>
> Slp
>
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Regards Richard.
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