Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 22:38:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Rose <rose@dml.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeff Smith <joedec@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Diamond Fireport 40 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970730222959.13541A-100000@locus.dml.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970730191855.10060C-100000@localhost>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Doug White wrote: > It may be that the Diamond is too different from the NCR 53c8xx series > chips to be detectable. I wasn't aware that Diamond made a NCR-compatible > SCSI controller tho. > > NCRs are also known as Symbios, the company that took over NCR's chip > subdivision. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo It seems to be based on the SYM53C875 chip from Symbios. I assume the problem is that Diamond did something with their implementation that messed up recognition by the ncr driver. Just speculation. Steve Rose
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