Subject: Re: ncrscsi + sbc
To: Space Case <wormey@eskimo.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/27/1997 17:57:50
> On Aug 26, 10:55pm, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >You can't have both the ncrscsi and sbcscsi drivers in the same kernel.
> >There's only one chip (the ncr5380) and you can't have two pieces of code
> >fighting ov er who gets to run the chip.
> 
> I was going to say the same thing, but I also had a thought occur to
> me -- what if there were two SCSI busses (as my dim recollection seems
> to suggest some machines have, when they're docked)?  Can we config one
> driver for one bus and the other driver for the second bus?

In principle, yes. But I think the current drivers implicitly assume
there is only one bus (so you could have only one of each), and also
you'd need some place else for the scsi controllers to attach (like another
card, etc).

Take care,

Bill