From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 13 18:43:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA06234 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:43:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sparks.net (gw.sparks.net [209.222.120.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA06227 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:43:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@sparks.net) From: david@sparks.net Received: from david by sparks.net with smtp (Exim 1.62 #5) id 10Br1K-0001lJ-00; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:10:54 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:10:54 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: david@sparks.net To: "Kenneth D. Merry" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need pointers on new scsi device type In-Reply-To: <199902132103.OAA46150@panzer.plutotech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > david@sparks.net wrote... > > Hi all:) > > > > I'm trying to make a Vela scsi mpeg2 decoder work under 2.2.8. This > > decoder takes power from the isa bus and all its commands over the scsi > > bus. > > > > The card shows up under the adaptec bios setup as "Vela" and "Decoder" > > but the kernel doesn't know what to do with it since it's not a tape, > > disk, or CD. > > > > Pointers and general guidelines welcome:) > > You should be able to get at it via the uk device. I think that under the > old SCSI layer, the uk device attached to all devices that didn't have a > "normal" device configured. I'm terribly embarassed to admit that I missed that earlier:( > I would imagine, though, that your mpeg decoder is probably a processor > target device. So try configuring the pt0 device in your kernel. I added pt0 and it didn't come up on the next boot. I'll dig into it more. Is there a good description of the scsi subsystem and the uk/pt drivers which someone could point to me to RTFM? Thanks, --- David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message