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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) The sym53c500_cs Driver
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) (1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) (2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel.
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about.
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20) The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21) of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) on one.
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25) Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary.
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com)