[4797] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Help for Symbios Logic C810 scsi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Titz)
Fri Oct 2 05:05:04 1998
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981001211747.737A-100000@localhost>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 10:59:31 +0200
From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
> There is no objection at all against your change. I just pointed out that
> the name "SYMBIOS" will probably disappear from the Universe at the time
> linux-2.2 will be available. On the other hand, most of commercial O/Ses
May well be, depending on when 2.2 comes out.
> and *BSD systems are still referring to NCR53C8XX chips in their default
> drivers, so linux is absolutely not out-of-date in this regard.
When _they_ don't document that, their support problem ;-)
> The real issue with controllers that are based on SYM53C8XX (probably soon
> LSI53C8XX ??) chips is that end-users are most of the time provided with
> documentations that donnot clearly (or not at all) refer to this
> controller family. Something line "NCR53C8XX (Symbios / LSI Logic) ..
> looks fine, but this is still not quite clear, in my opinion, for all
> existing brand name shipping controllers based on this chip family.
That's a problem for many hardware families, like Soundblaster and
NE2000 clones, although in that case they mostly claim compatibility
on the package.
> But, reading your mail, it seemed to me that you haven't knowledwge of
> SYMBIOS having been bought by LSI, and I just wanted to inform you and
> other Linux users who ignored it and would be interested in knowing it.
You're right.
> Must I really be given a roasting for that?
No. :-)
olaf
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