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Date:      Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:43:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?= <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   sym driver: new experimental version (multi-firmware support)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004220038490.334-100000@linux.local>

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Experimental sym driver 1.5.X series:
-------------------------------------
  This new driver series add support for multiple=20
  firmwares (Set of SCSI SCRIPTS).

sym-1.5.0-20000421:
-------------------
  Add support for early NCR53C8XX PCI-SCSI chips:

  - NCR53C810 revision <=3D 15
  - NCR53C815 any revision
  - NCR53C825 revision <=3D 15

  The driver contains 2 firmwares numbered #1 and #2:

  - fw #1:
    This is the NCR generic firmware selected by the=20
    driver for early NCR chips (810, 815, 825). It=20
    does not use LOAD/STORE scripts instructions but=20
    MOVE MEMORY scripts instructions instead.

  - fw #2:
    LOAD/STORE based. It is the normal firmware already=20
    used by the driver up to version 1.4.3.
 =20
Since I haven't currently early NCR53C8XX controllers=20
installed on my machine, I have tested fw #1 by hacking=20
the chip table for the 810a and the 895 to be driven=20
using the NCR generic set of SCSI scripts (fw #1).
Hopefully, the driver should work just fine for real=20
NCR 810, 815 and 825 chips.

The support for Symbios 810A, 825A, 875, 895, 896=20
and 1010 should not be broken since I have tried=20
to make actual changes in the C code and the=20
LOAD/STORE based scripts as minimal as possible.

ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/roudier/drivers/freebsd/experimental/sym-1.5.0-200004=
21.readme
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/roudier/drivers/freebsd/experimental/sym-1.5.0-200004=
21.tar.gz
(Module typos :) )

G=E9rard.=20



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