Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 01:25:03 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@fools.ecpnet.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advansys isa scsi driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970223011653.14638K-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970222222156.604A-100000@fools.ecpnet.com>
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On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Jimbo Bahooli wrote:
> I have an advansys scsi card that is supported by reading it in the
> comment of the sys/i386/isa/adv_isa.c file. Yet I find no clues on how to
> enable it in the kernel. I have looked through LINT, and files.i386 both
> with no help. Anyone know?
well... I'm not an expert at it... but you need to add i386/isa/adv_isa.c
and i386/scsi/advansys.c to files.i386... something like this:
i386/isa/adv_isa.c optional xxx device-driver
replace xxx with what you feel like calling the device... then add a line
like:
device xxx0 at isa? port 0xXXX bio irq X vector adv_isa_intr
now for the real information needed:
Advanced Systems Inc. SCSI Controller driver and ISA/VL front end.
I have only tested the ABP5140 card and only with a single CDROM drive
but it seems to work fine. This driver relies on features found only in
the SCSI branch so will not work in -current until those changes
are brought in. It also doesn't have any error handling code *yet*.
The goal is to use this driver as the development platform for the new
generic SCSI layer error recovery/handling code.
PCI and EISA front ends will show up as soon as I get my hands on
the cards. There are also a few issues in the driver that I need
to clear up with AdvanSys before I can suggest sticking one of
these cards in your server. 8-)
Thanks to AdvanSys for releasing this code under a suitable copyright.
Obtained from: Ported from the Linux driver writen by
bobf@advansys.com (Bob Frey).
this is a comment that Justin Gibbs made when he commited the driver...
hope this helps... ttyl...
John-Mark
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