On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 02:56 PM, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> I've been following this conversation with interest as I, too, have a 
> number
> of DSSI drives in a couple of VAXEN's.  I also happen to have a spare 
> KFQSA
> (M7769).  Are there docs somewhere that describe setup, configuration, 
> etc.?
> Any ROM changes required?

   It should work as-is...just plug it in, cable it up, and go.

> Do you happen to know why the KFQSA is supported and not the "native" 
> DSSI
> controller?

   The KFQSA is supported because it speaks MSCP and uses the same 
driver as many other controllers like the UDA50/KDA50, RQDXn, etc.  The 
onboard DSSI interface on some VAX CPUs is not accessed in this manner.

         -Dave

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