Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 00:39:53 +0200 From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) To: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> Subject: Re: NCR 53C700 Message-ID: <199505012239.AA19159@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE> In-Reply-To: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> "Re: NCR 53C700" (May 1, 14:08)
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On May 1, 14:08, Nate Williams wrote: } Subject: Re: NCR 53C700 } > Does anyone know anything about these SCSI controllers. I just tried to } > install FreeBSD on one and it didn't recognise it. Are they similar to the } > NCR cards we currently support or is it a totally different beast. } } It's a totally diffferent beast. I don't think it does bus-mastering, } and it's a much older chipset than the newer chips. I think it's the } standard chipset used on many of the Amiga SCSI controllers. No, it's not so different at all ! The 53c810 driver was written based on data books for the 53c7xx series, until the correct manuals arrived. The 7xx doesn't support all commands the 8xx offers, but a driver could be written to support both of them. But that driver could not make best use of the 8xx chips' capabilities ... STefan
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