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Date:      Fri, 19 May 2000 11:25:10 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Karl-Heinz Herrmann <k.-h.herrmann@fz-juelich.de>
To:        Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc:        aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 29160N
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000519112510.k.-h.herrmann@fz-juelich.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005181910210.17489-100000@devserv.devel.redhat.com>

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On 18-May-00 Doug Ledford wrote:
> It handles the low level protocol communications between the
> controller
> card and the devices and it also is responsible for the majority of
> the
> communications between the card and the kernel level driver.


Now I'm curious: The code which handles all the communications (devices
and back to the OS/kernel) is downloaded *into* the card when it's
initialised? Or did I get something wrong here?

That seems like a quite central part of the card Firmware and I'm
astonished that this is changed regular basis by the OS....

K.-H.


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Date: 19-May-00      Time: 11:21:59
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