Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: [ME TOO] Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent - SCSI issues (fwd) | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 1998 01:16:18 +0100 (BST) |
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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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