comp.os.minix
source for drivers on minix 2.02

Anyone know where the source code for the drivers on Minix 2.xx are
found? /dev has a couple hundred of them with what looks like maybe a dozen
different types. I am looking for the source for the cd-rom drivers & hard
disk drivers.

Hul

On 08/20/08 01:27, Hul Tytus wrote:

> source for drivers on minix 2.02
>
> Anyone know where the source code for the drivers on Minix 2.xx are
> found? /dev has a couple hundred of them with what looks like
> maybe a dozen different types. I am looking for the source for the
> cd-rom drivers & hard disk drivers.

At http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ uou can find old Minix
versions. The tarballs contains executables and sources.

Some contributions, from the community, are also available at
http://minix1.woodhull.com/contrib.html

Ciao
Giovanni
--
A computer is like an air conditioner,
it stops working when you open Windows.
Registered Linux user #337974 < http://giovanni.homelinux.net/ >

Thanks for the references Giovanni. I'll search through some of thos files
and see what's to be found. The contrib files on Woodhull's minix2 site do
need a text listing with a 1 line description.... maybe.

Hul

Giovanni wrote:
> On 08/20/08 01:27, Hul Tytus wrote:

> > source for drivers on minix 2.02
> >
> > Anyone know where the source code for the drivers on Minix 2.xx are
> > found? /dev has a couple hundred of them with what looks like
> > maybe a dozen different types. I am looking for the source for the
> > cd-rom drivers & hard disk drivers.

> At http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ uou can find old Minix
> versions. The tarballs contains executables and sources.

> Some contributions, from the community, are also available at
> http://minix1.woodhull.com/contrib.html

> Ciao
> Giovanni
> --
> A computer is like an air conditioner,
> it stops working when you open Windows.
> Registered Linux user #337974 < http://giovanni.homelinux.net/ >

En news:g8fksv$bda$1@reader1.panix.com, Hul Tytus va escriure:
> Anyone know where the source code for the drivers on Minix 2.xx are
> found?

In the kernel/ folder, as it should be obvious if you have read the book in
its 2nd edition.

> /dev has a couple hundred of them with what looks like maybe a
> dozen different types.

The real count (and the mapping) is inside the kernel/table.c file


> I am looking for the source for the cd-rom drivers

There is a driver specific to the (pre-ATAPI) Mitsumi CD-ROM driver which
was commonly sold around 1995; if you have it, source is in kernel/mcd.c

Else, if you own a AHA1540 or somethink which looks like it, and a SCSI
CD-ROM drive, perhaps you can use the SCSI driver which source is in
kernel/aha1540.c

You may also look at http://minix1.woodhull.com/pcontrib/ under atapicd


> & hard disk drivers.

About one third of the kernel/*.c files are various kinds of "hard disk"
drivers, if you count the dosfile and fatfile pseudo-hard-disk-devices in
this category.

If you search for the most common, have a look at kernel/at_wini.c, which
targets the ATA command set.


Antoine

Many thanks Antoine. Specific reference is always a help when searching
for some code.

Hul

Antoine Leca wrote:
> En news:g8fksv$bda$1@reader1.panix.com, Hul Tytus va escriure:
> > Anyone know where the source code for the drivers on Minix 2.xx are
> > found?

> In the kernel/ folder, as it should be obvious if you have read the book in
> its 2nd edition.

> > /dev has a couple hundred of them with what looks like maybe a
> > dozen different types.

> The real count (and the mapping) is inside the kernel/table.c file


> > I am looking for the source for the cd-rom drivers

> There is a driver specific to the (pre-ATAPI) Mitsumi CD-ROM driver which
> was commonly sold around 1995; if you have it, source is in kernel/mcd.c

> Else, if you own a AHA1540 or somethink which looks like it, and a SCSI
> CD-ROM drive, perhaps you can use the SCSI driver which source is in
> kernel/aha1540.c

> You may also look at http://minix1.woodhull.com/pcontrib/ under atapicd


> > & hard disk drivers.

> About one third of the kernel/*.c files are various kinds of "hard disk"
> drivers, if you count the dosfile and fatfile pseudo-hard-disk-devices in
> this category.

> If you search for the most common, have a look at kernel/at_wini.c, which
> targets the ATA command set.


> Antoine