Plug & Play :: Buslogic
Kanai Pathak
buslogic scsi card that works if the Port IO address is 330h.
When I put some ISA cards in the machine, plug & play option
assigns 230h to buslogic card, at which point Linux does not
boot because it can't locate the board.
I don't want to fix the Port IO address, if I can help it, can I
build the linux kernal to make it talk to bios to findout scsi
card Port IO address for buslogic? Is there a version of linux
which supports plug & play?
Also where can I find the latest and greatest buslogic
SCSI drivers?
thanks
Kanai Pathak
pat...@sugar-land.anadrill.slb.com
Leonard N. Zubkoff
We have PC/Pentium for which I have linux installed. It has a
buslogic scsi card that works if the Port IO address is 330h.
When I put some ISA cards in the machine, plug & play option
assigns 230h to buslogic card, at which point Linux does not
boot because it can't locate the board.
The old BusLogic driver (present in stock 1.2.13 and up through 1.3.41)
only recognizes BusLogic cards at addresses 330 and 334. My new driver
accepts any of the six standard addresses, or uses the PCI assigned address
for PCI cards.
I don't want to fix the Port IO address, if I can help it, can I
build the linux kernal to make it talk to bios to findout scsi
card Port IO address for buslogic? Is there a version of linux
which supports plug & play?
You can either edit the source code to your BusLogic driver to allow for
the additional addresses, or install my improved drivers. I think you can
also just boot the old driver with "buslogic=0x230" on the kernel command
line.
Also where can I find the latest and greatest buslogic
SCSI drivers?
My latest drivers are always available at ftp.dandelion.com. Check the
login banner for the latest versions, which are 1.2.1 for Linux 1.2.x and
1.3.1 for Linux 1.3.x (1.3.1 is already prsent in the latest 1.3.x
kernels).
I am working on new versions what provided enhanced support for the new
UltraSCSI cards.
Leonard