From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:36:19 +0100 (BST) Received: from ekkaia.net ([70.164.72.43]:54451 "EHLO himling.belegaer.ekkaia.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022164AbZDXDgL (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:36:11 +0100 Received: from imladris.belegaer.ekkaia.net ([192.168.1.2] helo=[192.168.3.101]) by himling with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LxCCp-0007Es-48; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:36:03 -0400 Message-ID: <49F1339E.4090200@ekkaia.net> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:35:58 -0400 From: Craig Prescott User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" CC: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: dec_esp? References: <49EFE510.2090306@ekkaia.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "himling", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: 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? > > > 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. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 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: 22456 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: cpp@ekkaia.net Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips 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? > > > 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