From: igoe.roch803@xerox.com (Patrick Igoe) Subject: Re: Adaptec 154x vs 152x Date: 9 Jul 1993 12:12:39 GMT
>I just finished reading the FAQ, and noticed that it explicitly states that
>the Adaptec 152x SCSI card is not supported, whereas the 154x is supported.
>Is this due to some inherent difficulty with the 152x card (hard to find info,
>quirks in the hardware / interface), or is it just that no one in the linux
>community has / wants a 152x?
>
>(I'd likely volunteer to write one, except that I know next-to-beans about
>writing device drivers.)
>
>Thanks,
>-Ivan Yanasak (who currently owns a 1520).
There is some inherent difficulty that makes it non-trivial (but
I don't understand what it is since I also know next-to-beans).
Something about being polling oriented instead of bus-mastering?
The real problem seems to be that no-one that really knows what
they are doing has this card. I beginning to think we should
take up a collection and pay someone that is willing and able.
- Patrick