From: Drew Eckhardt (drew@juliet.cs.colorado.edu)
Date: 05/07/93


From: drew@juliet.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
Subject: Re: Does Linux support EISA mode SCSI-II
Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 08:19:15 GMT

In article <YftSrtK00UhW49V68i@andrew.cmu.edu> "Timothy L. Nali" <tn0s+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>A quick glance at the Hardware list shows that Linux supports some EISA
>SCSI controllers. What I'm wondering is if Linux can use these cards in
>EISA mode.

Linux will use an Adaptec 174x in EISA mode.

>Also, can the drivers support the new SCSI-II stuff.

SCSI-II devices will work, but we don't use any SCSI-II software features
like tagged queing, and none of the drivers will negotiate for FAST transfers.

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