>On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 12:53:28PM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
>> >Kurt,
>> >This url is to a white paper by IBM about "packetized" scsi.
>>
>> Information Unit Transfers (what you call "packetized scsi") is
>> already defined in SPI3. The Adaptec U160 controllers can be made
>> to support it with suitable firmware modifications. The QLogic
>> U160 controllers may already support it, but I'm not sure.
>
>Well, but the firmware will not affect Linux operation, will it?
>AFAIK, the Linux drivers don't rely on firmware but use their
>own routines and scripts.
All QLogic drivers rely on QLogic's firmware. I would expect any
IU support in the QLogic to work transparently to the device driver.
Perhaps you are thinking about the aic7xxx driver which does use
firmware developed outside of Adaptec.
--
Justin
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