[879] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: SCSI CD-Writers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Racer X)
Tue Nov 5 17:31:03 1996
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 23:16:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Racer X <shagboy@bluesky.net>
Reply-To: shagboy@bluesky.net
To: ". Tethys SYSTEM ADMIN X" <tethys@lonnds.ml.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199611041552.PAA07378@isengard.merrill>
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, . Tethys SYSTEM ADMIN X wrote:
> I'm considering getting a PCI SCSI adaptor, but the options available
> in my price range are NCR 53C810, NCR 53C85 UW DC-390F, and AMD AM5
> 3c974 DC-390, none of which appear to be definitely supported under
> Linux (the 53C810 appears to have some support -- maybe I'm just
> reading an old version of the HOWTO?). The DC-390 above was my best
> approximation to something I was given over the phone. It could be the
> BT-390 referred to in the SCSI-HOWTO. My motherboard has suitable SCSI
> support to allow SCSI boots on adaptors that don't support it directly.
The NCR 53c810 is supported, as are many other cards in the NCR 53c7xx/8xx
series. The 53c8xx series has two drivers in the Linux kernel actually,
one that has been around since at least 1.2 (maybe more, that's when I
started using it) and the FreeBSD driver ported to Linux. The first one
works fine for me; the second one won't boot on my machine but I think
that's because I have a crappy motherboard.
The NCR is a very good card & inexpensive too. The Buslogic cards are
good too, and although for a while Buslogic wouldn't release the specs to
their cards, I believe they have changed their tune & the driver is now
supported in Linux.
shag
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