[lug] A bit confused

[D. Stimits]

Carl.Wagner at Level3.com wrote:
> 
> I assume that Howard is talking about the proprietary interface Panasonic
> cdrom.  I have one of those with the ISA jumper configured SB16 card.
> 
> You may have a cdrom interface on the SB16PCI but it is most likely a IDE
> interface, not the proprietary Panasonic one.  As far as I know, it is the
> proprietary interface that uses the sbpcd driver.

This is probably the case. In the past I have used the Panasonic version
on the ISA but never bothered on the PCI. The box for this model simply
states "Supports optional high performance internal CD-ROM drives from
Creative Labs".

> 
> I am sure glad that they standardized on the IDE interface instead of all the
> proprietary ones.  (SCSI would have been better though.)

All those old interfaces were terrible, you'll get no argument from me
on that.

> 
> Carl.
> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > Rob Riggs wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, contrary to what others have suggested, I don't
> > > think you will find any sbpcd card built that use PNP.
> > > Everyone I have seen used jumpers. (Think *really* cheap.)
> >
> > PCI is of course all PNP. I have one I can bring to the meeting, at
> > least the box with specs. It is listed as SB-2770, soundblast 16 by
> > creative labs. They were sold by Electronics Boutique. On the creative
> > labs web site it is listed as sound blaster 16 pci (the PCI and software
> > configured soundblaster):
> > http://www.soundblaster.com/products/sb16pci/
> >
> > In terms of irq, this is about the kernel config if it isn't a module,
> > not the other line that was mentioned. I've always preferred the
> > non-module for sb. In the case of module support, I would assume one
> > must still specify irq?
> >
> > >
> > > I am fairly certain that SoundBlaster never made a PNP
> > > audio card with an sbpcd interface. By that time they'd
> > > switched to the vastly superior IDE interface.
> > >
> > > And I'd fall out of my chair if anyone could show me a
> > > PCI card that contained an sbpcd interface.
> > >
> > > The sbpcd interface is polled. There are never any
> > > interrupt vectors used by these controllers. (Combo
> > > cards like the SoundBlaster had IRQ settings, but
> > > these were used only by the sound hardware.)
> > >
> > > Howard Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am attempting to put Suse linux  on my old 486 (AST with an overdrive
> > > > chip). The CD-ROM, an old one, a Matsushita/Panasonicis giving me
> > > > problems.
> > > >
> > > > When I install the module from the floppy, it asks for a specific set of
> > > > parameters. "sbpcd=0x230,1" is the example given.
> > > >
> > > >     Now the question, what are these specifically ? I tried the IO port
> > > > and IRQ # in combinations to no luck. where can I find out what they
> > > > are, just point me in the right direction and I can figure it out...
> > > >
> > > >                                                 thanks, howie smith
> > > >
> > > > Give a man a fish, and you feed him once. Teach a man to fish and pretty
> > > > soon he'll start lying
> > > >
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