Re: rebuilt kernel with sbpcd
In article <[🔎] 9703091934.ZM5863@mdhill.tor.hookup.net> you write:
>Following the instructions in sbpcd (the README for release 4.2 or newer of
>the SoundBlaster Pro CD-ROM driver for Linux) I rebuilt the kernel with
>no apparent improvement. The driver still spends many long seconds
>probing for a LaserMate at startup (I can access data CDs).
>
>During the `make config' procedure I'm able to select the following:
>
> SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI)
> SCSI disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD)
> SCSI CD-ROM support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR)
> ISO9660 cdrom filesystem support (CONFIG_ISO9660_FS)
>
>but not Matsushita CD-ROM support (CONFIG_SBPCD) or any of its alternatives.
>Is there something else I need to select first to be given this choice? I
>have a SoundBlaster 16 with a Panasonic CR-562B.
Yes, you should be looking for the proprietary interface CD-ROM section:
"CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)"
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