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Date:      Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:15:37 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        obrien@FreeBSD.org, Noriaki Mitsunaga <non@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_dvcfg.h scsi_low.c scsi_low.h  scsi_low_pisa.c scsi_low_pisa.h src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/ncv  ncr53c500.c ncr53c500_pccard.c ncr53c500hw.h ncr53c500hwtab.h  ncr53c500reg.h ncr53c500var.h src/sys/dev/nsp nsp.c nsp_pccard.c ...
Message-ID:  <39FD6669.8DF6E852@newsguy.com>
References:  <20001024113323.A5484@hub.freebsd.org>  <200010231255.FAA82239@freefall.freebsd.org> <200010242051.OAA19139@harmony.village.org>

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Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <20001024113323.A5484@hub.freebsd.org> "David O'Brien" writes:
> : On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 05:55:52AM -0700, Noriaki Mitsunaga wrote:
> : >   Log:
> : >   Add PC-Card/ISA SCSI host adpater drivers from NetBSD/pc98
> : >   (a NetBSD port for NEC PC-98x1 machines). They are ncv for NCR 53C500,
> : >   nsp for Workbit Ninja SCSI-3, and stg for TMC 18C30 and 18C50.
> :
> : Are all of these devices we want to support installing from?
> : (ie, should they be diked out from the MFSROOT kernel?)
> 
> It would be nice to be able to install from these devices.  They are
> rare in the US, at about the same level of rareness as the ahc 1742 in
> the user base.  I tried to buy one on ebay and couldn't find any.
> 
> I don't know their availability in Japan.

The Ninja is easy to find. It was my first SCSI pcmcia card, as a matter
of fact. :-) I still have it somewhere, though I tried to find it just
now without success.

*BUT*, how about trying to get install working for the aic, which we
have supported for some time now? I had the most disagreeable results
the one time I told sysinstall I wanted to install from a pcmcia device.

-- 
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
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dcs@freebsd.org
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		He has been convicted of criminal possession of a clue with intent to
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