From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 26 May 2006 21:15:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:24024 "EHLO bacchus.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133836AbWEZTPc (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 21:15:32 +0200 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.dhis.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4QJFV4s019153; Fri, 26 May 2006 20:15:31 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k4QJFUND019152; Fri, 26 May 2006 20:15:30 +0100 Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:15:30 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Damian Dimmich Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: eisa scsi controller on indigo2 Message-ID: <20060526191530.GA18055@linux-mips.org> References: <200605261742.52372.djd20@kent.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200605261742.52372.djd20@kent.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11572 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 05:42:52PM +0100, Damian Dimmich wrote: > Does anyone know if the eisa based compaq (181132-001) Smart Array scsi > Controller 2CH would work in an sgi system? I have an indigo 2 at the > moment and am looking to get a better scsi card into it. I know the eisa > bus is not fully supported/tested on the indigo2's, but i would be happy > to see how far I can get it to work :). > > A different compaq eisa scsi controller would be interesting too. There seems > to be quite a few of those floating around on e-bay. The EISA support for the Indigo 2 has never been more than rudimentary. I think right now only PIO cards will work which will exclude about any decent piece of hardware. Yes, the driver for the onboard WD33C93 controller is _bad_ and extremly slow. Ralf