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The sym53c500_cs Driver |
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The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs |
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package, and was written by Tom Corner ([email protected]). A rewrite was |
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long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns: |
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(1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6. |
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(2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel. |
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All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could |
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not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks |
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to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for |
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the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to |
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Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about. |
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The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version |
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of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are |
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other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands) |
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on one. |
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Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs |
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version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked |
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for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary. |
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Bob Tracy ([email protected])
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