From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49083 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OdKMc-0003A9-4o for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:52:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdKFM-0008Ie-RH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:45:25 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f45.google.com ([209.85.215.45]:53776) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdKFM-0008IU-Mr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:45:20 -0400 Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so1074732ewy.4 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:45:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C4D58A4.5080004@redhat.com> References: <4C4C92D7.5070905@redhat.com> <4C4D58A4.5080004@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:45:19 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Old DGUX Machine and Adaptec SCSI PCI Controller From: DG UX Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00c09ffb57511e618e048c473ecd List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jes Sorensen Cc: Avi Kivity , qemu-devel@nongnu.org --00c09ffb57511e618e048c473ecd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 It's an AIC-7880 CHIP On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Jes Sorensen wrote: > On 07/25/10 21:39, Avi Kivity wrote: > > On 07/25/2010 04:08 PM, DG UX wrote: > >> > >> Currently, these DGUX machines only support Qlogic and Adaptec, no IDE > >> whatsoever and no LSI. > >> Any way Qemu will support anything like that? > >> > >> I got to know these DGUX machines very well, and know all the logs > >> locations and sys/hw info. If you need anything, including system/boot > >> image, let me know. > > > > You'll need to find the hardware specifications for one of these cards, > > then find/fund someone to implement them. It shouldn't be too difficult. > > > An alternative could be to implement a virtio-blk driver for DG UX - not > sure how hard it is to write drivers for that beast, but it might be > simpler than handling all the corner cases of emulating the Adaptec. > > Jes > > --00c09ffb57511e618e048c473ecd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It's an AIC-7880 CHIP

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Jes Sorensen <= span dir=3D"ltr"><Jes.Sorense= n@redhat.com> wrote:
On 07/25/10 21:39, Avi Kivity wrote:
> =A0On 07/25/= 2010 04:08 PM, DG UX wrote:
>>
>> Currently, these DGUX m= achines only support Qlogic and Adaptec, no IDE
>> whatsoever and = no LSI.
>> Any way Qemu will support anything like that?
>>
>&= gt; I got to know these DGUX machines very well, and know all the logs
&= gt;> locations and sys/hw info. If you need anything, including system/b= oot
>> image, let me know.
>
> You'll need to find the ha= rdware specifications for one of these cards,
> then find/fund someon= e to implement them. =A0It shouldn't be too difficult.
>
An alternative could be to implement a virtio-blk driver for DG UX - notsure how hard it is to write drivers for that beast, but it might be
si= mpler than handling all the corner cases of emulating the Adaptec.

Jes


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