From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 23 22:51:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA25993 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 22:51:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zed.ludd.luth.se (root@zed.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA25973 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 22:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from father.ludd.luth.se (father.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.18]) by zed.ludd.luth.se (8.7.5/8.7.2) with ESMTP id HAA22191; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:51:41 +0200 From: Tomas Klockar Received: (dateck@localhost) by father.ludd.luth.se (8.6.11/8.6.11) id HAA01588; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:51:11 +0200 Message-Id: <199605240551.HAA01588@father.ludd.luth.se> Subject: Re: SCSI hostadapter To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 07:51:11 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: dateck@ludd.luth.se, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199605232213.PAA08500@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "May 23, 96 03:13:34 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL15 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Terry Lambert: > > I have a SCSI host adapter which I would like to use in freebsd > > The brand is NexStor NXT-82 > > Its a VL-Bus FAST SCSI-2 Host adapter > > Its using a a NCR 53C700-66 curcuit > > It memorymaps the data. > > I believe the NCR 53c7xx series (I don't recognize the "53C700-66" > in particular, though) are not supported because they are very > low end components, for which no one has written a driver. > > These are the same chips in AMD SCSI/Net ethernet/SCSI chips on > the motherboard of some Compaq systems. > > You should use another card (~US$75 for an NCR 8xx series, one > of the best available), or write a driver (for which you will need > another working machine, or another card, and docs for the 7xx > chips; on the plus side, yyou should be able to use the 8xx > driver as a template). I looked around last night and linux seems to have support for this chip and all the other 7xx so i got all thier source for it, but i still could need some help while writing a deviced driver. I just think it's better to suport as many cards as its possible to. Thanks in advance. /Tomas -- Tomas Klockar can be found at the following adresses: Kårhusvägen 4, 2:43 | Furuvägen 102 | dateck@ludd.luth.se 977 54 Luleå | 871 52 Härnösand | dateck@solace.mh.se Tel: +46-920-229391 | Tel: +46-611-13393 | d94-tkl@sm.luth.se