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Re: BusLogic FlashPoint LT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blom johan)
Thu Nov 21 03:43:08 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:24:54 +0100
From: blom johan <blo@eurocontrol.fr>
To: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:37:01 +0100
> From: blom johan <blo@eurocontrol.fr>
>
> I have purchased an SCSI kit containing a BusLogic FlashPoint LT adapter
> (PCI) and a Seatech ST5108N 1 GigaByte internal SCSI-disc.
>
> Booting my Linux 2.0.22 kernel leads to time out errors during the loca-
> tion of the disc. The values of all parameters are at zero (channel, lun
> etc.) I do not know if that is correct, or if the detection of the disc
> took
> place with the wrong parameters.
>
> What I do not understand is the fact that the host adapter is located
> accor-
> ding to the configuration log at SCSI ID 12, although the AutoSCSI bios
> program has found it on ID 7, which is the right one following the
> manuals.
>
> Does anybody have experience with this combination of SCSI adapter, disc
> and kernel version?
>
> Can anyone explain the reason for detection of the host adapter at ID 12
> instead of 7?
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers...
>
> Johan Blom
>
> Did you build yourself a 2.0.22 kernel using the BusLogic driver with
> FlashPoint support from http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ ? If not, there's no
> possible way that the FlashPoint would be recognized and work properly.
>
> Leonard
--
Yes, I did. (with the files FlashPoint.[Ch] and BusLogic.[Ch].) In the
detection
the adapter is BT- , not FlashPoint, is that wrong?
Johan Blom
