From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rhirst.linuxcare.com (pc117-bre9.cable.ntl.com [213.105.88.117]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E208482A for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:49:02 -0600 (MDT) Received: by rhirst.linuxcare.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id D3C43B007; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:50:06 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:50:06 +0100 From: Richard Hirst To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: "van de Werken, Matthew (DEM, PH)" , "'parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org'" Subject: Re: FW: [parisc-linux] How do I use the FW scsi on 735? Message-ID: <20010423205006.M985@linuxcare.com> References: <20010423170258.G985@linuxcare.com> <20010423185135.B18464@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20010423185135.B18464@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>; from matthew@wil.cx on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:51:35PM +0100 List-ID: On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:51:35PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:02:58PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > > > > Forgot to mention, it's a custom kernel - there is a chance I > > > > left out the necessary drivers. What is the driver for the FW > > > > SCSI controller on the 735 please? > > > > I don't know, the relevant line from your boot messages is > > > > 7. Outfield FW SCSI (10) at 0xf0830000, versions 0x9, 0x0, 0x7c, 0x0, 0x0 > > > > anyone like to comment on what that device is? > > The relevant document is still missing from the linuxcare website, > despite a bug filed against it for over a month now. Fortunately, > I kept a copy of the old website active, so you can view it at > http://puffin.external.hp.com/parisc/hp9000_models.html Ah, I remember that page from long ago; thanks. > The relevant quote is: > > The PCXS and PCXT models include the NCR 53C700 device at various > SCSI-Clock rates for the built-in Single-Ended (SE) SCSI controller. > These older models use the NCR 53C720 (40 MHz) SCSI controller (where > supported) with the Outfield (O) chip for the built-in SCSI controller > for the Fast-Wide-Differential (FWD) SCSI bus. The PCXS and PCXT models > do not provide support for an internal PC Floppy drive. > > > You probably ought to include CONFIG_SCSI_LASI, CONFIG_SCSI_ZALON, and > > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX, and see if it makes a diference, but I'm not > > expecting it to. > > So it seems like we need to find you an Outfield device & docs :-) Oh, more h/w to annoy the wife with ;) So CONFIG_SCSI_ZALON with some tweaks to talk to 53c720 on Outfield rather than Zalon is needed. Richard