Subject: Re: Ethernet in PB180
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Dan Smith <scannall@earthlink.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/25/2002 19:28:20
Hello there,
I have a Asante ENSC. SCSI to ethernet adapter I'd be glad to mail to anyone
wanting to fiddle with drivers or whatever. A computer store here has a
great huge box filled with the things for a buck or two each.
Dan Smith
>
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:29:11 -0400
> "John Ruschmeyer" <jruschme@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> 2)Someone in Japan
>> has written a driver for the Sonic MicroSCSI adapter, though it is still not
>> included with the system as of 1.5.x.
>
> It is me. :-)
>
> I can't still push a feedback because I have some problems for it.
>
> Now, I'm testing it with PB180c and daily built binary set.
> I could find that I can get work, only when disabling NCR5380's PDMA.
> (see arch/mac68k/dev/{ncr5830.c,mac68k5380.c})
>
> But, when disabling PDMA, HDD access also becomes too slow.
> So, now I patched to control PDMA enable/disable with SCSI ID,
> to enable for HDD and disable for SCSI-Ethernet.
> Though it is a very dirty method ...
>
>
> Then, now I can get work with an adaptor with firmware ver 2.0.
> firmware 1.1's one does not work yet.
>
> -----------------------------
> Hiroshi Noguchi
> ngc@ff.iij4u.or.jp
> http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~ngc/
>
>