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1 | The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs |
2 | package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was | |
3 | long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns: | |
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5 | (1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6. | |
6 | (2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel. | |
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8 | All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could | |
9 | not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks | |
10 | to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for | |
11 | the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to | |
12 | Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about. | |
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14 | The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version | |
15 | of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are | |
16 | other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands) | |
17 | on one. | |
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19 | Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs | |
20 | version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked | |
21 | for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary. | |
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23 | --Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com) |