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