Ah-ha - So the KFQSA is to DSSI what the Emulex UC06/07 is to SCSI, i.e.,=
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both support MSCP and are compatible with VAXen and NetBSD...

Lyle


On Monday 07 April 2003 12:06, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 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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