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From: Nigel Roles <nigel@9fs.org>
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To: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Writing device drivers
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erik quanstrom wrote:

>thanks for the excellent information.  i have the fortune of having a
>dac960 controller and an adaptec 7898n in the same machine.  lucky me.
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>a quick look at the dac960 driver for linux doesn't immediately reveal
>any firmware.  do you think that would be an easier driver to build than
>the adaptec?
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Could be. What is a dac960? If you did an Adaptec aic driver you'd be
much more popular, but there are so many variants you might regret it!

>i don't know a think about scsi bus protocol and i don't have a bus analyzer.
>is such a beast affordable?  (i am running old va linux boxen after all.)
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I very much doubt it it would be affordable. Think several 1000 $.