Subject: Re: RapIDE driver
To: Paul Clifford <paul@plasma.demon.co.uk>
From: Chris Gilbert <cg110@york.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/05/1996 20:09:07
On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Paul Clifford wrote:
> Is a RapIDE driver likely to appear soon?
I don't think there's one at present, it's coming though, the kernel team
are waiting for technical stuff off Yellowstone.
> If not, what sort of information do I need to try writing one, is there
> any example source code, and how easy would it be to test without an
> installed copy of RiscBSD?
I'm not certain of the exact info needed for this sort of thing. I think
that the code for the std IDE interface maybe a starting place (I could
be, and probably am, wrong)
I'd be willing to test any driver for RapIDE, I've got 2 IDE discs, one
with just RiscBSD (about 500MB partition) and my other, the 500 is still
setup on the internal interface, so I'd just have to add it to the card.
So I'm not worried if it all goes wrong and I've got to reinstall, I've
got backups ;)
Thanks
Chris Gilbert