Re: Creative 4-speed CDROM driver

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 28 May 2001 23:21:35 +0100 (BST)


> 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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