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- From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B config?
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- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
- References: <C0HGE0.77M@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:52:40 GMT
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- In article <C0HGE0.77M@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
- >Hello,
- >
- > Re: Adaptec 1542B
- >
- > 1) To use 1542B w/Linux 0.99pl2 kernel with SCSI support compiled in
- > (1542B controller), should BIOS be enabled or disabled?
-
- Works either way.
-
- > 2) Are there ANY docs describing proper configuration of 1542B for Linux?
-
- You can use any setting for the DMA channel except for 0, and any
- IRQ number that you can strap the board for. Note that when you fiddle with
- these there is one strap that tells the board what to use, and there is a
- second strap that tells the board what to tell the CPU that it is using, and
- if you have the board incorrectly strapped these can be different.
-
- Finally, you can use I/O address 0x330 or 0x334. I could add more, but
- I do not like the idea of probing a whole bunch of memory addresses when we are
- not even sure if the board is in the system or not.
-
- -Eric
- --
- Eric Youngdale
-