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- > On Nov 23, 11:40pm, Ralph Schmidt wrote:
- > > > And, to ease my decision, when will there be a NetBSD driver for either the
- > > > A4091 or the Z3 Fastlane? :) (or any other Fast-SCSI-2 adapter that might
- > > > emerge.)
- > > >
- > >
- > > Good question...today i looked at the dev/ directory to see how
- > > the other drivers look like.
- > >
- > > 1) Why these cryptical file names ?...why not use filenames that show
- > > what files are related to each other. Example
- > >
- > > Zeus_fubar.c instead of sz.c and tz.c
- > > Zeus_fubar.h
- > >
- > > It should be visibile what files are related and what kind of layer
- > > each file represents.
- > >
- > > Sorry that i picked up the Zeus but it's the same with the other stuff
- > > in that directory.
- >
- > The rz.c and tz.c are the device drivers for the /dev/rz* and /dev/tz*
- > devices. The original sd.c and st.c are the device drivers for the /dev/sd*
- > and /dev/st* devices. [I assume that sd -> "scsi disk" and
- > st -> "scsi tape".] The rz.c and tz.c are clones of sd.c and st.c to allow
- > using different controller types. The current scsi implementation in the
- > Amiga NetBSD is not real clean. The file scsi.c provides the generic
- > 33C93 support (along with A3000, A2091, and GVP specific initialization).
- > The siop.c is an equavlent file to support the 73C710 Scsi I/O Processor
- > (siop). The version in the 713 sources currently only supports the Zeus
- > SCSI interface, but I have modified it in an attempt to provide support
- > for another 73C710-based controller. It should be relatively easy to
- > add A4091 support when someone provides the hardware information (things
- > like the autoconfig product code, the location of the 73C710 in the board's
- > address space, and some of the data needed to initialize the 73C710).
- > Adding support for any other 73C710-based SCSI should be relatively easy also.
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- Thank you..at least some background informations:-B
-
- >
- > > 2) As I'm not a Tunix expert i have to install NetBSD first
- > > and then check how the whole scsi stuff is handled and how i can
- > > integrate my Fastlane device.
- > > To sum it: I have no clue when a driver will be ready:-B
- >
- > Does the Fastlane use the 73C710?
- >
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- Nope..Emulex FAS216. This Emulex is 99.9% compatible to the
- NCR53C94. I have a Mach driver somewhere but i don't know if
- it's compatible to NetBSD. If somebody could give me a NetBSD
- NCR53C94 version it would be a *real big help*.
-
- Regards.
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- Ralph Schmidt laire@uni-paderborn.de
- University of Paderborn (Germany)
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