Subject: Re: DTCT 436E
To: None <rh@vip.at>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/24/1998 10:42:35
On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Rene Hexel wrote:
> The DTC436E is a NEC 53C80 clone that can be found with SCSI cards
> that come with some scanners like the UMAX Astra 1200S. There is
Yep, the friend who gave it to me got it with a scanner.
> currently no native support for this device in NetBSD 1.3.X. However,
> in PR 6274 you should find a device driver patch for NetBSD 1.3.2 that
> gives you an "nca" device for 53C80 compatible devices (see
> http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=6274). After
> applying the patch you have to add
>
> options NCR5380_USE_BUS_SPACE
> nca0 at isa? port 0x240 irq 5
> scsibus* at nca?
>
> to your kernel config file and recompile.
Thanks! I'll give it a try.
> Unfortunately, so far I haven't been able to get it to work properly.
> Here is what I get at boot time:
>
> Oct 20 21:26:34 idle /netbsd: nca0: NCR 53C80 detected
> Oct 20 21:26:34 idle /netbsd: scsibus1 at nca0: 8 targets
> Oct 20 21:26:34 idle /netbsd: nca0: select found SCSI bus busy,
> resetting...
> Oct 20 21:26:34 idle last message repeated 41 times
>
> Any ideas anyone?
Hmmm. It might be time for me to gain SCSI clue. :-)
Take care,
Bill