From: lukpla@scorch.apana.org.au (Luke Plaizier) Subject: Re: ADAPTEC 1520/1522: Do Linux Kernel Drivers Exist? Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 10:14:41 GMT
dlm40629@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel L. Marks) writes:
|I have read the compatibility list, and the Adaptec SCSI controllers
|1542B and 1740 are on the list, but the Adaptec 1520 and 1522 are not.
|(1522 has a floppy controller on it.) Do drivers for this card exists,
|and if so, where can they be found? Or if not, is anyone working on
|supporting this card? I have boot up the current 0.99pl6 kernel on the
|SLS distribution and it does not find my SCSI card and ST296N hard disk.
So far, quite a few people have asked about this card, it seems to be
quite popular. I'd imaging, as Linux is destined to spread across the globe,
it will start to prove popular with students globally who, for one main
reason, have opted for the cheap scsi solution.
I'd imagine that, being so popular, that the 1510/1520/1522 adaptec
cards will be supported eventually - in good time of course. I'd imagine that
for the moment there are a few remaining projects with a somewhat higher
priority than this, but as the dust begins to settle on the v1.00 release we
should see a broader range of supported devices.
I certainly hope what I am saying is true, I am waiting for those same
drivers myself (The 1510 is basically a 1520 with no bios, and a 1522 with no
bios and no floppy.....).
|Am I doomed to DOS forever?
I certainly hope not! Wouldn't want to be driving this little
v12 turbo machine in first gear all my life......
Luke.