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diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/optcd b/Documentation/cdrom/optcd deleted file mode 100644 index 6f46c7adb24..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/optcd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -This is the README file for the Optics Storage 8000 AT CDROM device driver. - -This is the driver for the so-called 'DOLPHIN' drive, with the 34-pin -Sony-compatible interface. For the IDE-compatible Optics Storage 8001 -drive, you will want the ATAPI CDROM driver. The driver also seems to -work with the Lasermate CR328A. If you have a drive that works with -this driver, and that doesn't report itself as DOLPHIN, please drop me -a mail. - -The support for multisession CDs is in ALPHA stage. If you use it, -please mail me your experiences. Multisession support can be disabled -at compile time. - -You can find some older versions of the driver at - dutette.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/linux/ -and at Eberhard's mirror - ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/optics/ - -Before you can use the driver, you have to create the device file once: - # mknod /dev/optcd0 b 17 0 - -To specify the base address if the driver is "compiled-in" to your kernel, -you can use the kernel command line item (LILO option) - optcd=0x340 -with the right address. - -If you have compiled optcd as a module, you can load it with - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o -or - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o optcd=0x340 -with the matching address value of your interface card. - -The driver employs a number of buffers to do read-ahead and block size -conversion. The number of buffers is configurable in optcd.h, and has -influence on the driver performance. For my machine (a P75), 6 buffers -seems optimal, as can be seen from this table: - -#bufs kb/s %cpu -1 97 0.1 -2 191 0.3 -3 188 0.2 -4 246 0.3 -5 189 19 -6 280 0.4 -7 281 7.0 -8 246 2.8 -16 281 3.4 - -If you get a throughput significantly below 300 kb/s, try tweaking -N_BUFS, and don't forget to mail me your results! - -I'd appreciate success/failure reports. If you find a bug, try -recompiling the driver with some strategically chosen debug options -(these can be found in optcd.h) and include the messages generated in -your bug report. Good luck. - -Leo Spiekman (spiekman@dutette.et.tudelft.nl) |