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" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: <james@spunkysoftware.com>
Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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.
>
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