On Nov 4, 2008, at 9:25 PM, James C. McPherson wrote: > Joerg Schilling wrote: >> "Garrett D'Amore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Joerg Schilling wrote: >>>> What is the reason for not having a 64 bit version of the ncrs >>>> driver? >>>> >>>> I just installed a Dawicontrol board with the Symbios Logic >>>> 53c895 chip >>>> but it does not work as there is only a 32 bit ncrs driver. >> >>> Ancient chip, that will someday soon probably be EOF'd, combined >>> with >>> lack of engineering resource to properly qualify (and possibly make >>> changes to support) a 64-bit version of the driver? >>> >>> In many cases adding 64-bit support is not a huge effort, but it >>> isn't >>> automatic either. >> >> OK, then I'll look whether I can make it work. > > Please do not bother - use the glm(7D) driver instead.
I thought glm only worked with Sun branded controllers. I was never able to make glm recognize a Tekram controller with the 53c896 chip that I own. It would be nice to be able to use that controller again. > The code in ncrs and glm come from the same base, but > ncrs was never maintained. I know that ncrs worked fine with my Tekram controller. Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle The axioms of wisdom: 1. Go the SPARC way of life 2. You can't conquer the universe without the knowledge of FORTRAN 3. In the Unix realm, 10% of work fixes 90% of the problems _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list opensolaris-code@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
