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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000
commitc7fc24dc4420057f103afe8fc64524ebc25c5d37 (patch)
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parent1d793fade8b063fde3cf275bf1a5c2d381292cd9 (diff)
o Merge with Linux 2.1.116.
o New Newport console code. o New G364 console code.
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diff --git a/Documentation/paride.txt b/Documentation/paride.txt
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@@ -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/