From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24EAA482B for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 05:26:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.14) id 19aZZN-000452-Pl; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:26:37 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:26:37 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "M. Grabert" Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Joel Soete , Carlos O'Donell , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] C3000 SCSI config, was Re: linux grundler Message-ID: <20030710112637.GD1939@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030709183423.GB1939@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:18:34AM +0100, M. Grabert wrote: > > config SCSI_ZALON > > tristate "Zalon SCSI support" > > depends on GSC && SCSI > > help > > The Zalon is a GSC/HSC bus interface chip that sits between the > > PA-RISC processor and the NCR 53c720 SCSI controller on C100, > > C110, J200, J210 and some D, K & R-class machines. It's also > > used on the add-in Bluefish, Barracuda & Shrike SCSI cards. > > Say Y here if you have one of these machines or cards. > > I'm using the the 2.4 -kernel, and it says: > > "The Zalon is an interface chip that sits between the PA-RISC > processor and the NCR 53c720 SCSI controller on K-series PA-RISC > boards (these are used, among other places, on some HP 780 > workstations). Say Y here to make sure it gets initialized > correctly before the Linux kernel tries to talk to the controller." > > Well, since the C240/C3000 are 780-series machines, I wasn't so sure ... OK, I'll just copy the 2.5 helptext into 2.4 then. It wouldn't have confused you, right? -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk