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- Lines: 53
- Date:
Tue Jan 14 08:21:41 1997
- Orig file:
v2.1.20/linux/drivers/scsi/README.ncr53c8xx
- Orig date:
Thu Jan 2 15:55:21 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.20/linux/drivers/scsi/README.ncr53c8xx linux/drivers/scsi/README.ncr53c8xx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
21 Rue Carnot
95170 DEUIL LA BARRE - FRANCE
-29 December 1996
+12 January 1997
===============================================================================
1. Introduction
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
This driver has been tested OK with linux/i386 and Linux/Alpha.
+Latest driver version and patches are available at:
+
+ ftp://linux.wauug.org/pub/roudier
+
I am not a native speaker of English and there are probably lots of
mistakes in this README file. Any help will be welcome.
@@ -491,8 +495,20 @@
DEBUG_FREEZE 0x800
DEBUG_RESTART 0x1000
-You can play safely with DEBUG_NEGO. However, some of these flags may
-generate bunches of syslog messages.
+ You can play safely with DEBUG_NEGO. However, some of these flags may
+ generate bunches of syslog messages.
+
+Burst max
+ burst:0 burst disabled
+ burst:255 get burst length from initial IO register settings.
+ burst:#x burst enabled (1<<#x burst transfers max)
+ #x is an integer value which is log base 2 of the burst transfers max.
+ The NCR53C875 and NCR53C825A support up to 128 burst transfers (#x = 7).
+ Other chips only support up to 16 (#x = 4).
+ This is a maximum value. The driver set the burst length according to chip
+ and revision ids. By default the driver uses the maximum value supported
+ by the chip.
+
10.3 Advised boot setup commands
@@ -508,7 +524,8 @@
The driver prints its actual setup when verbosity level is 2. You can try
"ncr53c8xx=verb:2" to get the "static" setup of the driver, or add "verb:2"
-to your boot setup command in order to check the actual setup the drive use.
+to your boot setup command in order to check the actual setup the driver is
+using.
11. Some constants and flags of the ncr53c8xx.h header file
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