From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 16 13: 2:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from calvin.saturn-tech.com (calvin.saturn-tech.com [207.229.19.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F7814A14 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drussell@saturn-tech.com) Received: from localhost (drussell@localhost) by calvin.saturn-tech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA26614; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:01:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from drussell@saturn-tech.com) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:01:53 -0700 (MST) From: Doug Russell To: Thierry Herbelot Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone working on a DOMEX scsi driver ? In-Reply-To: <3881D8CE.8C1B5A33@cybercable.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > I've just bought a Mustek SCSI scanner, and it is bundled with a > seemingly very simple SCSI controller built by a DOMEX company (from > Taiwan) Throw it away. Throw it as far as you can, then drive over it with you car. :) > Does someone know where there could be some info ? (perhaps a driver > under Linux ?) > PS : the board identifier is DMX3191D - the chip itself seems to be a > Domex536 Great scanners (I have 3 1200LSes at various locations), but the SCSI card is useless. It doesn't even support IRQs, so it operates in polled mode. This means your CPU is 100% busy while scanning. There IS a driver for Linux, but the card is still terrible. Solution: Buy an NCR810 based card for $30, and find a 50 pin miniSCSI-miniSCSI cable instead of the 25 pin, and don't look back. :) According to the SANE port (Scanner Access Now Easy) documentation, some Mustek scanners do not support disconnect/reconect, so you almost have to have them on their own SCSI bus. The 1200LSes I have all support disconnect/reconnect, and the one in my den also has a CD-R and CD-ROM on the same SCSI chain, so you don't need that silly single target card. Later...... P.S. I have 3 of these cards if anyone wants one. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message