From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 7 18:46:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA11446 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:46:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA11441 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:46:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00675; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 13:11:36 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199711080241.NAA00675@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Luigi Rizzo cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are these SCSI cards supported ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 07 Nov 1997 17:31:27 BST." <199711071631.RAA27076@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 13:11:36 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > the first one is a PnP board coming with an HP ScanJet5p -- it's labeled > something like Symbios 53C416 and its PnP ID is SLI4161 > Apparently it does not use DMA, and from the name I thought it was > compatible with the driver in ncr5380.c -- unfortunately the probe > seems not to recognize it. It seems to be a PnP variant of the 53c400. It might work with the 'nca' driver, but would probably need to be brought up active. Performance would be extremely poor. > The other one is a bit older, came with a Philips CD-R, and it is > labeled Advansys ABP 5140-42 -- the main chip is marked ASC1090-B. > The card has four dip switches accessible from the rear panel, next to > the small external scsi connector. This one might be supported by the Advansys driver in Justin's CAM patches. mike