On Dimanche 24 Juin 2001 10:41, Derek Stewart wrote:
>Hi Ian,
Apparently, this message was not for the ql-users list, but it is indeed
a Good Thing (tm) that you sent it there !
> Although I would like a tape streamer, but I am having trouble writting the
> device driver for the floppy disk based cable streamer. I was hoping to
> work out the FTAPE device driver from Linux, but things are not that easy.
> There is not much information on the FLP_CONTROL thing.
Derek, I am right now writing a device driver for CD-ROM drives on Q40/Q60
(I think I can announce it "officially" now as things build up nicely and
I will probably able to release something useful before I leave for Indian
Ocean).
I think it would be much easier to write an ATAPI streamer device driver,
as it will not conflict with the SMSQ/E built-in drivers (floppy and ATA
hard disk).
The CD-ROM device driver does allow to use its low level routines (they are
vectored as an extension thing) for use by any other ATAPI device driver (no
risk of conflict either), so you could re-use quite easily the low level
stuff I wrote for your own ATAPI tape device driver...
The CD-ROM device driver will be made "open sources" and, although these
sources are not yet ready for a public release (MANY things still to do...),
I could send them to you in their current state if you are interested.
QDOS/SMS forever !
Thierry.
