From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 20:37:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA17868 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 20:37:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA17863; Mon, 20 May 1996 20:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA24768; Tue, 21 May 1996 13:20:53 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605210350.NAA24768@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Adaptec AVA-1505 and AVA-1515 To: gclarkii@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:20:53 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199605210322.WAA17433@main.gbdata.com> from "Gary Clark II" at May 20, 96 10:22:02 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary Clark II stands accused of saying: > > > on a FreeBSD compatability list so I'll ask here. Does FreeBSD > > > currently support either the Adaptec AVA-1505 or AVA-1515 PIO SCSI > ^^^^^^^^ > > > controllers? > > > > Yes. AFAIK they're based on the AIC-6260, which is supported by the > > 'aic' driver. > > How are our ISA bus drivers going to talk to a printer port? They don't. PIO is Programmed I/O; the AIC-6x60 chips don't do busmaster DMA. (At least, the 'aic' driver doesn't do it, the chips may be capable of it). Counter by asking "how would you put a BIOS on a parallel-port SCSI adapter?" 8) > Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[