From: Craig Prescott <cpp@ekkaia.net>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: dec_esp?
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:35:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F1339E.4090200@ekkaia.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0904230947100.29465@ftp.linux-mips.org>
Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Craig Prescott wrote:
>> I've built a 2.6.28.4 kernel from LinuxMIPS.org and have booted it on
>> one of
>> my DECstations. No SCSI devices are detected, though.
>>
>> I noted that the dec_esp driver was removed from the kernel. Does an
>> alternative exist?
> <snip>
>
> You're the first one to ask since the old driver was removed -- which is
> sort of indicative of how much interest (beyond myself) in the
> platform is
> there. I have planned to get back at it once I am done with what I'm
> doing at the moment (which'll take a while yet), so I have noted your
> request, but feel free to look into the driver if you like. There's a GIT
> tree at kernel.org dedicated to ESP development and the point of contact
> is DaveM.
Ok, thanks. I will have a look. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do
anything useful - maybe start by looking at the old dec_esp driver and
at how other 53c94 drivers made the conversion from the NCR to the
esp_scsi core will give some guidance.
Cheers,
Craig
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-24 3:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-23 3:48 dec_esp? Craig Prescott
2009-04-23 8:59 ` dec_esp? Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-04-24 3:35 ` Craig Prescott [this message]
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