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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:37:26 +0100
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: booting a 2100 with EISA MyLex controller
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 03:27:31PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > There's no EISA attach code for the Mylex driver.  Somebody was
> > > working on it once, but I'm not sure if it ever came to
> > > anything..
> > 
> > To the aforementioned "somebody": I'll be happy to test your code and help
> > out. How far'd you get?
> 
> Not far enough, sorry.
> 
> I don't have an EISA alpha, nor the time to do the job right.
> 
> It's not just a case of writing an EISA attachment, unfortunately.
> The EISA firmware is, er, quirky, and making it work properly might
> entail a fair amount of effort.  I could never justify the time
> involved, sorry. 8(

Kees-Jan, if you want a x86 EISA box to take a shot at this yourself
I have one for grabs in Arnhem...

Wilko
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