Re: [ME TOO] Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent - SCSI issues (fwd)
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 01:16:18 +0100 (BST)
> BTW, the new driver at ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/roudier/896/ does not support
> old 810, 815 and 825 controllers anymore. This was necessary to actually
> make thinks optimal and fine for recent chips (810A,860,825A,875,895,896)
> that this driver supports obviously (not only the 896).
>
> I donnot only claim that old SCSI controllers have to go to the abattoir,
> but I really did so in the new 53c8xx driver I am currently developing for
> Linux.
Nor IMHO does it create a major problem. The existing driver covers everything
the existing chips do quite comprehensively. You give the enhanced driver
a different name and the old chips become unsupported. Since we have the GPL
anyone who cares to take up the baton can do so
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