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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000 |
commit | c7fc24dc4420057f103afe8fc64524ebc25c5d37 (patch) | |
tree | 3682407a599b8f9f03fc096298134cafba1c9b2f /Documentation/paride.txt | |
parent | 1d793fade8b063fde3cf275bf1a5c2d381292cd9 (diff) |
o Merge with Linux 2.1.116.
o New Newport console code.
o New G364 console code.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/paride.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/paride.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/paride.txt b/Documentation/paride.txt index 89941584a..47141f7a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/paride.txt +++ b/Documentation/paride.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Linux and parallel port IDE devices -PARIDE v1.0 (c) 1997 Grant Guenther <grant@torque.net> +PARIDE v1.02 (c) 1997-8 Grant Guenther <grant@torque.net> 1. Introduction @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ host computer. While some devices (notably scanners) use ad-hoc methods to pass commands and data through the parallel port interface, most external devices are actually identical to an internal model, but with a parallel-port adapter chip added in. Some of the original parallel port -adapters were little more than mechanisms for mulitplexing a SCSI bus. +adapters were little more than mechanisms for multiplexing a SCSI bus. (The Iomega PPA-3 adapter used in the ZIP drives is an example of this approach). Most current designs, however, take a different approach. The adapter chip reproduces a small ISA or IDE bus in the external device @@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ parallel port IDE subsystem, including: MicroSolutions backpack CD-ROM MicroSolutions backpack PD/CD MicroSolutions backpack hard-drives + MicroSolutions backpack 8000t tape drive SyQuest EZ-135, EZ-230 & SparQ drives Avatar Shark Imation Superdisk LS-120 FreeCom Power CD Hewlett-Packard 5GB tape drive + Hewlett-Packard 7100 and 7200 CD-RW drives as well as most of the clone and no-name products on the market. @@ -56,9 +58,9 @@ high-level drivers for each of the different type of supported device: pcd ATAPI CD-ROM pf ATAPI disk pt ATAPI tape + pg ATAPI generic -(Support for ATAPI CD-R and CD-RW drives is not yet in development, -but this may change.) +(Currently, the pg driver is only used with CD-R drives). The high-level drivers function according to the relevant standards. The third component of PARIDE is a set of low-level protocol drivers @@ -72,14 +74,14 @@ support is available for almost all known adapter protocols: dstr DataStor EP-2000 (TW) epat Shuttle EPAT (UK) epia Shuttle EPIA (UK) + fit2 FIT TD-2000 (US) + fit3 FIT TD-3000 (US) frpw Freecom Power (DE) kbic KingByte KBIC-951A and KBIC-971A (TW) + ktti KT Technology PHd adapter (SG) on20 OnSpec 90c20 (US) on26 OnSpec 90c26 (US) -(A driver for some modes of the Noveca RAP// protocol is also under -development). - 2. Using the PARIDE subsystem @@ -106,11 +108,13 @@ and high-level drivers that you would use: MicroSolutions CD-ROM pcd bpck MicroSolutions PD drive pf bpck MicroSolutions hard-drive pd bpck + MicroSolutions 8000t tape pt bpck SyQuest EZ, SparQ pd epat Imation Superdisk pf epat Avatar Shark pd epat FreeCom CD-ROM pcd frpw Hewlett-Packard 5GB Tape pt epat + Hewlett-Packard 7100/7200 pg epat 2.1 Configuring built-in drivers @@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pcd$u b 46 $u ; done for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pf$u b 47 $u ; done for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pt$u c 96 $u ; done for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev npt$u c 96 $[ $u + 128 ] ; done +for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pg$u c 97 $u ; done # # end of mkd @@ -285,6 +290,11 @@ floppy that you could share with a DOS system: mkdosfs /dev/pf0 mount /dev/pf0 /mnt +2.4 Using the pg driver + +The pg driver can be used in conjunction with the cdrecord program +to create CD-ROMs. For more information, and the required patches +to cdrecord, please visit http://www.torque.net/parport/cdr.html . 3. Troubleshooting @@ -333,6 +343,6 @@ have in your mail headers, when sending mail to the list server. You might also find some useful information on the linux-parport web pages (although they are not always up to date) at - http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html + http://www.torque.net/parport/ |