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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-04-25 10:23:53 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-04-25 10:23:53 +0000
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Document matcd1.
Be more explanatory about port selection. Document that new TEAC drives don't work. Submitted by: Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.428
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4
index 0edbba7..efee74c 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
.\" Please note any documentation updates here including your name
.\" and the date.
.\"
-.Dd April 5th, 1995
+.Dd April 24th, 1995
.Dt MATCD 4 i386
.\"Synchronized to Version 1(16) of matcd.c
.Os FreeBSD 2.1
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ to support and delete the device entries that you don't want.
In this file, you will find an entry like:
- controller matcd0 at isa? port ?
+ controller matcd0 at isa? port ? bio
To support two host interfaces, change the file so it reads:
- controller matcd0 at isa? port ?
+ controller matcd0 at isa? port ? bio
.br
- controller matcd1 at isa? port ?
+ controller matcd1 at isa? port ? bio
.br
(If you want to support up to three or four host interfaces, add
@@ -152,11 +152,12 @@ locations can cause the boot process to take longer than it could.
If you are having these problems, you can solve them by explicitly specifying
where the CD-ROM host interfaces are located. For example, by default most
SoundBlaster cards have the Matsushita CD-ROM host interface
-located at I/O port 0x230. If this is the case for your system, you could
+located at I/O port 0x230. (This is 0x10 above the I/O port for the
+audio section of the card.) If this is the case for your system, you could
change the entry in the kernel configuration file to specify that address
like this:
- controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230
+ controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio
With this change, the
.Nm matcd
@@ -190,10 +191,10 @@ The Matsushita CR-523-x CD-ROM drive is not usable with
The CR-523 can also be identified from the front as it requires a CD-caddy.
Drives with IDE interfaces must use an IDE driver.
-There is a new TEAC 4X CD-ROM drive on the market that supposedly uses the
-Creative/Panasonic interface. It is not known if the TEAC drive is
-command-set-compatible with the Matsushita drive so it may not work with
-this driver.
+The TEAC CD-55 4X CD-ROM drive uses the Creative/Panasonic interface
+but is \fInot\fR compatible with the Matsushita CR-56x drives.
+The TEAC drive cannot be used with
+.Nm matcd.
.if t .sp
.if n .bp
The most common source of host interface adapters for these drives are in
@@ -229,6 +230,12 @@ solely based on model number.
This is by no means a complete list as Creative Labs and other vendors
that produce sound cards with an identical Creative/Panasonic drive
interface release new versions of their adapters all the time.
+
+It is important to understand that some manufacturers have a different
+host interface implementation. If you have a board that won't communicate
+with the drives under MS-DOS using the genuine Creative Labs drivers, then
+.Nm matcd
+probably will not work with that host adapter.
.br
.if t .bp
.if n .sp
@@ -368,3 +375,4 @@ The
.Nm matcd
driver appeared in FreeBSD Release 2.1.
+504242
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