Subject: Re: Fw: Test-kernel for faster SCSI on NCR5380 macs
To: Ed Lauman <elauman@interlynx.net>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/01/2000 20:14:50
> This is a message from a linux mailing list I'm on. The author has
> apparently improved the scsi perfomance of machines using the NCR5380. I
> don't know enough about the kernel yet to try and add/port this code, but I
> thought somenone else might have the time/experience to try.
AFAIK, this is the same pseudo-DMA SCSI that we've had for several
years. It would probably be worth someone's time to look at their
code, though, and see if there is anything that we can learn from.
As people know, there are various problems with both the ncrscsi
and the sbc drivers.
-allen