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    SubjectRe: [ME TOO] Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent - SCSI issues (fwd)
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    > 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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