[723] in linux-scsi channel archive
RE: Compaq Prosignia VS with onboard ncr53c810.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Barry)
Thu Oct 26 08:12:35 1995
From: Jim Barry <Jim.Barry@ilp.com>
To: linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 10:45:00 BST
I actually got some info slightly wrong concerning my problem with the NCR
chip on the Compaq motherboard. In fact the chip is definitely a ncr53c710,
as the machine is EISA. Looking through the driver source code, it looks
like this hardware has not really been tested. If anyone has ever got the
ncr53c710 working, I would like to hear about it, as well as any pitfalls
that were encountered along the way.
I think the problem must be with Linux rather than the hardware, as Windows
95 sees the chip with no problems.
Cheers,
-Jim
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->From: Jim Barry
->To: linux-scsi
->Subject: Compaq Prosignia VS with onboard ncr53c810.
->Date: 23 October 1995 13:13
->
->Hi,
->
->I've been trying to get an answer to this for a long time from my
Slackware
->vendor, comp.os.linux.hardware and so on, but with no success. Here goes
->again...
->
->I'm trying to get Linux (Slackware 2.3.0) going on a Compaq Prosignia
->VS. The SCSI chip on the motherboard has ncr53c810 printed on it,
->though Windows 95 seems to think it is a ncr53c710. Both these chips are
in
->the Linux supported hardware list, but Linux fails to detect any SCSI
->host.
->
->I am running the 'standard' SCSI boot disk (created with lininst.exe)
->and, according to the BIOS setup, my NCR is set to base 0x8000,
->interrupt 11. At the boot prompt I tried both these lines:
->
->boot> ramdisk ncr53c810=0x8000,11
->boot> ramdisk ncr53c710=0x8000,11
->
->but no SCSI hosts or devices are found. Any ideas? What are the
->'defaults' for the NCR drivers? The kernel version is 1.2.8.
->
->If I cannot get the little *!@ working, my only alternative is to buy a
new
->SCSI adapter (probably ISA) which seems ludicrous as the NCR is apparently
->the adapter of choice for Linux on PCI systems.
->
->Thanks in advance,
->
->Jim Barry <jim@ilp.com>
->Interactive Learning Productions Ltd.
->Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
