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- Lines: 57
- Date:
Tue Nov 19 16:21:51 1996
- Orig file:
v2.1.11/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
- Orig date:
Tue Nov 19 15:53:52 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.11/linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
@@ -1395,14 +1395,14 @@
UltraStor 14F/34F support
CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F
- This is support for the UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI-2 host
- adaptor family. The source at drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c contains some
- information about this hardware. If the driver doesn't work out of
- the box, you may have to change some settings in
- drivers/scsi/u14-34f.h. Read the SCSI-HOWTO, available via ftp
- (user: anonymous) at sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. Note
- that there is also another driver for the same hardware: "UltraStor
- SCSI support", below. You should only enable one of them. This
+ This is support for the UltraStor 14F and 34F SCSI-2 host adapters.
+ The source at drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c contains some information about
+ this hardware. If the driver doesn't work out of the box, you may have
+ to change some settings in drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
+ Read the SCSI-HOWTO, available via ftp (user: anonymous) at
+ sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. Note that there is also another
+ driver for the same hardware: "UltraStor SCSI support", below.
+ You should enable both only if you want 24F support as well. This
driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted
in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). If you
want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
@@ -1649,9 +1649,8 @@
drivers/scsi/ultrastor.h. If you want to compile this as a module (
= code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
whenever you want), say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
- Note that there is also another driver for the same hardware:
- "UltraStor 14F/34F support", above. You should only enable one of
- them.
+ Note that there is also another driver for UltraStor hardware:
+ "UltraStor 14F/34F support", above.
7000FASST SCSI support
CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST
@@ -1662,12 +1661,16 @@
want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt.
-EATA ISA/EISA (DPT PM2011/021/012/022/122/322) support
+EATA ISA/EISA/PCI (DPT and generic EATA/DMA-compliant boards) support
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA
- This driver supports all the DPT SCSI host adapters, such as
- PM2011B/9X, PM2021A/9X, PM2012A, PM1012B, PM2022A/9X, PM2122A/9X and
- PM2322A/9X. Note that the PM2001 is not supported by this
- driver. You want to read the start of drivers/scsi/eata.c and the
+ This driver supports all the EATA/DMA-compliant SCSI host adapters
+ and does not need any BIOS32 or PCI BIOS service.
+ Only ISA (0x1F0, 0x170, 0x230, 0x330) and EISA (0x1C88 through 0xFC88)
+ addresses are probed. In order to detect a generic EATA PCI board you
+ can force on it any unused EISA address.
+ Note that there is also another driver for the same hardware:
+ "EATA-DMA support". You should enable only one of them.
+ You want to read the start of drivers/scsi/eata.c and the
SCSI-HOWTO, available via ftp (user: anonymous) at
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. If you want to compile this
as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the
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