Subject: Re: DVD rom drives
To: Chris Cowdery <chris@cowdery.demon.co.uk>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/03/2001 09:13:28
> I've got an IDE DVD ROM drive in my RiscPC. Will it work with
> NetBSD/arm?
> 
Well it works on i386 so it ought to work on arm32 since the same IDE 
driver and filesystem code is common to both.

> And if so, will it read DVD movie files?
> 
On i386 all the files on a DVD movie disk are accessible. Playback is 
tricky though and impossible on a RiscPC without major hardware 
assistance.

Mike