On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 01:06:26PM +1100, David Fisher wrote:
> First of all, can anyone tell me definitely whether both/either installers
> support this card? If so what would the boot time argument be?
>From /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/aha1542.c:
/*
* LILO/Module params: aha1542=<PORTBASE>[,<BUSON>,<BUSOFF>[,<DMASPEED>]]
*
* Where: <PORTBASE> is any of the valid AHA addresses:
* 0x130, 0x134, 0x230, 0x234, 0x330, 0x334
* <BUSON> is the time (in microsecs) that AHA spends on the AT-bus
* when transferring data. 1542A power-on default is 11us,
* valid values are in range: 2..15 (decimal)
* <BUSOFF> is the time that AHA spends OFF THE BUS after while
* it is transferring data (not to monopolize the bus).
* Power-on default is 4us, valid range: 1..64 microseconds.
* <DMASPEED> Default is jumper selected (1542A: on the J1),
* but experimenter can alter it with this.
* Valid values: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 (MB/s)
* Factory default is 5 MB/s.
*/
So try `aha1542=0x130'.
> The card is currently on base address 130, IRQ 11 and DMA 5. I don't even
> know if these are appropriate, I'm not much of an ISA person.
As long as they don't clash with another card, they're fine.
Cheers,
John
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