Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:10:54 -0500 (EST) From: david@sparks.net To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need pointers on new scsi device type Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.990213190139.6670A-100000@sparks.net> In-Reply-To: <199902132103.OAA46150@panzer.plutotech.com>
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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > david@sparks.net wrote... > > Hi all:) > > > > I'm trying to make a Vela scsi mpeg2 decoder work under 2.2.8. This > > decoder takes power from the isa bus and all its commands over the scsi > > bus. > > > > The card shows up under the adaptec bios setup as "Vela" and "Decoder" > > but the kernel doesn't know what to do with it since it's not a tape, > > disk, or CD. > > > > Pointers and general guidelines welcome:) > > You should be able to get at it via the uk device. I think that under the > old SCSI layer, the uk device attached to all devices that didn't have a > "normal" device configured. I'm terribly embarassed to admit that I missed that earlier:( > I would imagine, though, that your mpeg decoder is probably a processor > target device. So try configuring the pt0 device in your kernel. I added pt0 and it didn't come up on the next boot. I'll dig into it more. Is there a good description of the scsi subsystem and the uk/pt drivers which someone could point to me to RTFM? Thanks, --- David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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