[3600] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: support for NCR53C710
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (W. Reilly Cooley, Esq.)
Sat Mar 28 00:13:59 1998
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:09:34 -0800
From: "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <cooleyw@reed.edu>
To: Jason Saggers <psyclone@darknight.gen.nz>
Cc: "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <cooleyw@reed.edu>,
Detlef Sass <sassdf@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980328150406.1594A-100000@darknight.gen.nz>; from Jason Saggers on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 03:05:51PM +1200
Jason Saggers said fabaceously:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, W. Reilly Cooley, Esq. wrote:
>
> > Detlef Sass said fabaceously:
> > >
> > > I have a Compaq 486DX66 PC with onboard scsi-controller ( a NCR53c710 )
> > > and EISA bus-system.
> > > Is there any support for the controller ?
k > >
> >
> > Funny you should ask--I've been asking the same question within the last
> > couple of days. (Let me guess: a Prosignia?) Concensus is: NO.
> >
> > --
>
> Have a look in the drivers/scsi directory of the kernel distributions. It
> is quite clearly has support for the aforementioned chip.
> 53c7xx.c and 53c7xx.h.
>
> Looking through it code you will find that their is specific code in the
> driver for just this exact chip.
.
The chip, yes. But not on an EISA bus, especially built into a
proprietary Compaq motherboard. I've been trying for several
days without success, and others have said the same thing.
Dein Wil
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