Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 23:05:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device Drivers (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970203230455.13156K-100000@localhost>
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This may be interesting to you guys. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:05:47 -0800 From: "Reginald S. Perry" <reggie@aa.net> To: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: "Jay S. Barlis" <bickoy@adnc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers > > Apparently Buslogic hasn't been forthcoming with the necessary > information for someone to write a device driver. But they're offering > fairly inexpensive ($60-$70) "Linux upgrades" (hmph) to the BT-948 or > BT-958, depending which Flashpoint model you have. I think the quick > route to that is to contact <randys@mylex.com>. This is rather curious. I went to http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ and saw this: Linux BusLogic Driver -- FlashPoint Support Now Available Mylex/BusLogic recently issued a press release announcing support for the FlashPoint SCSI Host Adapters on Linux. BusLogic has provided me with the FlashPoint Driver Developer's Kit, which comprises documentation and freely redistributable source code for the FlashPoint SCCB Manager. The SCCB Manager is the library of code that runs on the host CPU and performs functions analogous to the firmware on the MultiMaster host adapters. Thanks to BusLogic's release of the SCCB Manager, the Linux BusLogic driver now supports the FlashPoint Host Adapters as well. ---- You can download the source for the Linux driver from this site. So someone is getting info from Buslogic. I am concerned about this because I have a Buslogic card in my 486 and I planning to upgrade my setup this summer. Now I wasnt planning to get a FlashPoint card, but I could take the above statments as meaning that the FreeBSD group does not have a very good relationship with Buslogic. Of course I am not taking it that way. What I am thinking is that the Adaptec drivers might be better supported on FreeBSD than the Buslogic drivers. BTW, this _will not_ make me buy an Adaptec board when I upgrade my system. :-) -Reggie ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald S. Perry reggie@aa.net
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