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Subject: Re: 2nd Query: Is someone 'camifying' ncv0 scsi?
In-Reply-To: <19991106112310.A39348@chuggalug.clues.com> from Geoff Buckingham at "Nov 6, 1999 11:23:10 am"
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From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
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Geoff Buckingham wrote...
> On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 04:51:27PM -0700, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > Gandalf T. Grey wrote...
> > 
> > Well, in view of the fact that I've never even heard of a "ncv" driver, and
> > can't find any reference to such a driver (*) in the pre-CAM -current tree,
> > I think your chances may be kinda slim.
> > 
> > (*)  I did find one reference to "ncv" in sys/i386/isa/scsi_dvcfg.h, but
> >      that's it.
> > 
> > So you'll need to explain what driver you're talking about, and what
> > chipset it supports.  (i.e. what chipset is in this Panasonic SCSI card)
> > As far as I know, there has never been a "ncv" driver in the tree. 
> > 
> The ncv driver appears to have been for Q-logic PC-card SCSI controllers
> imported into PAO for 2.2.x from NetBSD PC98

Ahh, okay.  It makes a little more sense now.

> However PAO for 3.x seems to have lost all scsi support. Is this because
> of some clash with cam, or simply non of the chipsets have cam drivers?

Well, none of the chipsets have CAM drivers, with one exception:

> 2.2.8 PAO support SCSI PC-cards:
> 
>         Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460                       OK      aic
>         Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460A                      OK      aic
>         Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460AJ                     OK      aic
>         Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460B                      OK      aic
>         Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460J                      OK      aic

The 'aic' driver was ported to CAM a few weeks ago by Luoqi Chen.  I don't
know whether there is a PCCARD front end for it yet.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
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