From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 24 15:33:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA02314 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:33:21 -0800 (PST) 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 PAA02284 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA25990; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 10:20:43 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603242350.KAA25990@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: wd7193 pci scsi controller drivers To: danb@airmail.net (Dan Baritchi) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 10:20:43 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Dan Baritchi" at Mar 24, 96 03:56:41 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 Dan Baritchi stands accused of saying: > > I am running FreeBSD2.1 and I have a wd7193 PCI SCSI controller. > By any chace, does anyone know where I can find drivers for this? > Maybe someone is working on drivers? ... maybe you could pester WD for documentation for the controller and write your own driver, or pass the docco on to someone who could? AFAIK, the controller's basic architecture is derived from older WD SCSI controller chips, so it shouldn't be too hard to write for. > I know there is much better support for Adapted than Western Digital, > but this SCSI controller has a great feature that I haven't seen in > any Adapted SCSI controllers. At boot time, it allows me to choose > whether I want to boot from my first IDE or any of my SCSI devices. > No more inconvenient boot menus. How is this different from a boot menu, pray tell? > Dan Baritchi -- ]] 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 [[