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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
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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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