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Re: BlizzardPPC SCSI support!



On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 12:18:54PM +0100, Rados?aw Kujawa wrote:
> 
> On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:32 AM, Frank Wille wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 00:40:13 +0100
> > Radoslaw Kujawa <radoslaw.kujawa%c0ff33.net@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> >> I am pleased to present a driver for BlizzardPPC 603e+ SCSI controller. 
> > Congratulations! :)
> Thanks ;).
> 
> >> BPPC "+" model has 53C710 chip. This driver utilizes our MD siop backend
> >> and is mostly based on wesc.c (Warp Engine has the same chip). 
> > 
> > Indeed, the source is identical, besides the initialization of dcntl and
> > ctest7. It could make sense to avoid duplication of code and just extend
> > wesc.c to support the BPPC.
> 
> There are some other subtle differences (in dmaintr routine, match, 
> attachment code), but these could be merged very easily. 
> 
> I though about merging similar drivers for 53C710-based controllers into one. 
> But I'm hesitant to touch a driver I can't test. That's why I created a new 
> driver. Anyone on this list owns Warp Engine? A4091?

I have a Warp Engine but the NetBSD installation is old.

Bernd



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