Re: GDRom

Marcus Comstedt <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:53:06 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.dreamcast
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Adrian McMenamin" <[email protected]> writes:

> I suppose the two main things I'd ask are what is the "mount" spi command,
> as it isn't actually a mount - does it have an equivalent in the ATAPI
> standard and, did anybody discover any SPI commands other than the ones in
> the driver.

IIRC, the "mount" command is needed to clear the condition created
by opening the lid.   This is so that you can't swap the disc without
the software noticing (an important feature in a game console, I'm
sure... :).

It should be equivalent to command "24" using the gdrom BIOS (call
0xbc).


  // Marcus