Re: MO-Disk on PPC with 53C94 SCSI-chip

Jerry Quinn (jquinn@nortelnetworks.com)
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:59:04 -0400 (EDT)


>> "Paul" == Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au> writes:

>> and second, a mac53c94 driver which may have some bugs.

Paul> I wrote the mac53c94 driver a long time ago and I haven't spent
Paul> anything like as much time on it as on the mesh driver (which isn't
Paul> perfect either).

Paul> The opportunity is sitting there, waiting for someone to pick it up, to
Paul> stress-test, debug and optimize the mac53c94 driver, including doing
Paul> things like implementing disconnect/reconnect. In the Open Source
Paul> tradition, this should be someone for whom this is an itch that they
Paul> want to scratch. :-)

Can you tell us what the difference is between this driver and the generic
53c94 driver in the same directory? Also, is there a source of docs other
than the code there (for us SCSI newbies :-)?

Thanks,
Jerry

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