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Date:      Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:30:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI controller
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103092504.25743C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971103093243.008f8af0@128.6.10.45>

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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Red Barchetta wrote:

> I am considering buying a Diamond Fireport 40 for my PC for use with
> Windows NT.  However, if I am going to spend the money, I would also like
> to be able to use the card I get under FreeBSD.  The Fireport is not listed
> (no Diamond card is) in the hardware section of the Handbook, but I was
> wondering if anyone here might have any experience trying to get it to
> work.  FYI, the card uses the Symbios Logic's SYM53C875 Ultra SCSI I/O
> processor.

Actually, yes, the 53c875 chip on which the FirePort is based on is
supported.  You may need to add the Device and Vendor ID for the Diamond
to the appropriate places in the PCI code so it's recognized properly.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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