Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 00:13:32 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: langfod@maui.net (David Langford) Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are SIIG SCSI Cards Supported? Message-ID: <199907010613.AAA40208@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <199906301220.CAA18398@kauai.pacificglobal.net> from David Langford at "Jun 30, 1999 02:20:49 am"
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David Langford wrote...
> Okay I just tried it with current and it seems to work fine.
> Note that you need to add
> "COMPAT_PCI_DRIVER(iha, i91u_device);"
> somewhere around line 133 of i91u.c.
>
> Right now my system is running off of a SIIG AP-40 (~$140) and all seems
> fine.
> Also I have a IWILL SIDE-2935UW that at first glance seems to work with
> this same driver.
> I havent had a chance to do any real testing with either one though.
>
> Now if we can just get this driver into the main tree.
There are actually two Initio drivers, one for their Ultra-2 boards, and
one for their Ultra boards.
There are several things that have to happen before these drivers can go in
the tree:
1. We (Justin or me) need to talk to Initio about incorporating their
driver into the tree.
2. We need clarificaton on the copyright on the I9xxx driver. One file
has a standard BSD copyright, one file has a copyright that doesn't
explicitly allow redistribution, and one file has no copyright at all.
The A100 driver has a BSD copyright on both files. My guess is that
the copyright difference on the I9xxx driver is just an oversight.
3. Justin needs to review the driver.
> Since it looks likes Adaptec has pretty much killed the Sysmbios/NCR
> chipset the Initio line may be the next reasonable cost SCSI controller...
As someone else pointed out, the Symbios cards are not dead. Symbios is
now a part of LSI Logic, but as far as I know, they aren't going to
discontinue making products. They're probably the second most successful
SCSI chip vendor on the market, so they have little reason to quit.
Ken
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