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I'd like to read audio data off my audio CD in my Mitsumi FX100D 2x
CDROM drive. I see no support in the mcd.c driver in
/usr/src/linux/devices/block (no ioctl support for CDROMREADAUDIO). I
also see there is such support in sbpcd.c driver. My kernel is 1.2.13
(I think, the last stable release).

My question is: 1) Does 2x Mitsumi CDROM drive support audio CD data
read? 2) if yes, is there a newer Mitsumi driver out there that
supports this function?  (probably in 1.3.* kernels?)

Thanks for any info and pointers.

Yang

: I'd like to read audio data off my audio CD in my Mitsumi FX100D 2x
: CDROM drive. I see no support in the mcd.c driver in
: /usr/src/linux/devices/block (no ioctl support for CDROMREADAUDIO). I
: also see there is such support in sbpcd.c driver. My kernel is 1.2.13
: (I think, the last stable release).
:
: My question is: 1) Does 2x Mitsumi CDROM drive support audio CD data
: read?

Simple answer: no. The hardware is unable to do it.

However, the sbpcd driver does it quite well, so you might shop around
for a simple double-speed drive (from the list of supported drives)
to hang off your soundcard.

Bernie

: I'd like to read audio data off my audio CD in my Mitsumi FX100D 2x
: CDROM drive. I see no support in the mcd.c driver in
: /usr/src/linux/devices/block (no ioctl support for CDROMREADAUDIO). I
: My question is: 1) Does 2x Mitsumi CDROM drive support audio CD data
: read? 2) if yes, is there a newer Mitsumi driver out there that
: supports this function?  (probably in 1.3.* kernels?)

From the CDDA2WAV doc's:

known cdda uncapable drives
===========================
Mitsumi         FX001D(E)

How to find out whether your FOOBAR drive is capable of cdda reading
====================================================================
If feasible, contact your cdrom manufacturer. Supply firmware
release and version as well as manufacturing date on your request.
This is the most reliable way to determine.

If you have msloss cdrom drivers and a mscdex.exe, you could try
a german shareware program named 'dac' to find out. It needs raw mode
support from the cdrom and driver and will tell you what it found.
This is useful for nonscsi drives. Unfortunately there are german
docs only.

It is available via mailserver from

Put 'get cd/dac.arj' in the body.