pa2usb: A Linux driver for Compaq PA-2 Personal Audio Player

Abstract

This is the distribution site for pa2usb, a device driver that lets you control your Compaq PA-2 Personal Audio Player under Linux.

The latest version of this document is here.

Hardware

The driver supports the transfer of mp3 files to and from a PA-2 device containing one or two 64MB mmc-flash cards. Some people have also reported success using the driver with a PA-1 device. The error-checking code in the driver assumes the use of 64MB mmc-flash cards, though, so use at your own risk if your device has smaller cards.

How it works

The driver is composed of two parts. The first is a kernel module, pa2usb.o, that accepts character-oriented reads and writes from a device node in the /dev subdirectory.

The second part is a usermode program, pa2cntl.tcl. This control program lets the user list, grab, and place files on the PA-2.

Software

pa2usb-1.2.tar.gz

Maintainer

Send questions or comments to Jeffrey Yu at jeffyu @cs.stanford.edu.

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