From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:38 -0400 Received: from [209.10.41.242] ([209.10.41.242]:57057 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:20 -0400 From: james@spunkysoftware.com Message-ID: <004601c0e811$f8c93d80$c1a5fea9@spunky> Reply-To: To: "Alan Cox" Cc: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 08:35:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Where do I get this basic info on ATAPI? Will I benefit from the IDE standards document? Where can I get that? Thanks for your help ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cox" To: Cc: "Alan Cox" ; Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver > > Unfortunately, I simply do not understand the code for device drivers that > > hackers have written. I don't know where to start and how to make sense of > > the code, to read it line by line and understand what it is doing. > > I think the minix book would be a good starting point. From the questions you > are asking you are rather out of your depth. Also some basic info on ATAPI > which is the protocol the CD-ROM devices use. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >