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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Fred Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: SCSI driver programming?
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 12:37:49 GMT
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- Michael Teske (teske@y4me.desy.de) wrote:
- : Jes Degn Soerensen (jds@kom.auc.dk) wrote:
- : > Frederick> I would like to attempt programming a SCSI driver for the
- : > Frederick> Oktagon 2008 card under Amiga Linux. I've got a book from
- : > Frederick> Symbios, an example program that is written towards, a PC
- : > Frederick> (AT) bus system, the Linux SCSI paper doc, and kernel
- : > Frederick> sources, and gcc 2.7.2.
- :
- : > Frederick> I am not real sure where to start. Is the SCSI programming
- : > Frederick> for Amiga Linux much the same as the PC version? How do I
- : > Frederick> find the base address where the chip is located? Any tips
- : > Frederick> will be appreciated.
- :
- : > I think the best place to start is looking at the NetBSD sources - I
- : > think they got a driver for that controller.
- :
- : No. No? NO! Really, No! There is _no_ driver for the Oktagon in NetBSD.
- : (sigh)...
- :
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- I think he means that the SCSI controller chip is similar. I was told
- that the Oktagon uses a NCR 53C94 chip/cell whatever. I think the NetBSD
- has the Fastlane with the NCR 53C810 which is quite a different animal
- AFAIK. Any corrections to this theory welcome.
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- It appears the missing information is the Linux kernel <-> Amiga hardware
- details of talking to the card and possible stuff specific to the Oktagon
- implementation of the controller chip.
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- Fred Heitkamp
-