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diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT index 85221f4..3ab5f98 100644 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -59,15 +59,17 @@ fdc0 3f0 6 2 n/a Floppy disk controller wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller -adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys ADP-9xx SCSI controller +adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Narrow SCSI controllers +adw0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Wide SCSI controllers ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller -uha0 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f +uha0* 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x/1535 SCSI controller ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller ahc0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller aic0* 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI controller +isp0 dyn dyn dyn dyn QLogic 10X0, 2100 SCSI/FC controllers dpt n/a n/a n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers. wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 @@ -326,44 +328,36 @@ ATA Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI -controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850/AIC7895 on-board SCSI controllers. - -Support for the following controllers is rather weak: -Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) -Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x -and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - -** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no - on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the - system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, - CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card - without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally - indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up - or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them. - Check your system/board documentation for more details. - - -AdvanSys (Advanced Systems) ABP510/542/5150 ISA and ABP5140/5142 ISA PnP -cards, ABP842/852 VLB cards, and ABP920/930/930U/930UA/950/960/960U/970/970U -PCI cards. - -** Note: The ADP510/5140/5150 boards were shipped by HP with the 4020i - CD-R drive but with NO BIOS, so these models cannot control boot devices - though they can be used for any secondary SCSI device. Also note that the - ABP5140/5142 boards were rebadged by SIIG as the "SpeedMaster i540/i542" - - -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller -Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller - -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI -controllers: +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. + +AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). + +BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: + +[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] + +BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: + BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D +BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: + BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, + BT-540CF +BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: + BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, + BT-542B +BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: + BT-742A, BT-542B + +AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also +supported. + +DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and +SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V +is not yet supported. + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, +53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: ASUS SC-200 Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) NCR cards (all) @@ -371,34 +365,56 @@ controllers: Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F Tyan S1365 -Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the -AMD 53c974 as well). -NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. +QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. -UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - -Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - -Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - -WD7000 SCSI controller. - With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including -DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives. +SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, +tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor +target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands +are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW +writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) -(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models, driver is rather stale) (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface. +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface + +The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are +NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: + + Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the + AMD 53c974 as well). + + NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + + UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. + + Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. + + Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + + WD7000 SCSI controller. + + Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) + Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers + Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x + and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. + + [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and + UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on + when or if they will be completed. ] + +Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: + + Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight) + (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) 4.2. Network cards ---- ------------- diff --git a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT index cdbeb1c..68b1997 100644 --- a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -113,22 +113,36 @@ ATA Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/2940/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller -Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller +BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: -DPT SmartRAID III and IV SCSI/RAID controllers +[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI -controllers: +BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: + BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D +BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: + BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, + BT-540CF +BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: + BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, + BT-542B +BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: + BT-742A, BT-542B + +AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also +supported. + +DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and +SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V +is not yet supported. + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, +53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: ASUS SC-200 Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) NCR cards (all) @@ -137,7 +151,7 @@ controllers: Tyan S1365 -QLogic SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers. +QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. @@ -156,21 +170,6 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) (wcd) ATAPI IDE interface -SCSI TAPE SUPPORT: - - The CAM SCSI tape driver doesn't yet handle older (and many times broken) - tape drives very well. If you've got an older SCSI-1 tape drive, like an - Exabyte 8200 or older QIC-type tape drive, it may not work properly with - the CAM tape driver. This is obviously a known problem, and we're - working on it. - - Newer tape drives that are mostly SCSI-2 compliant should work fine. - e.g., DAT (DDS-1, 2 and 3), DLT, and newer Exabyte 8mm drives should - work fine. - - If you want to find out if your particular tape drive is supported, the - best way to find out is to try it! - The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: diff --git a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT index 85221f4..3ab5f98 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -59,15 +59,17 @@ fdc0 3f0 6 2 n/a Floppy disk controller wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller -adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys ADP-9xx SCSI controller +adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Narrow SCSI controllers +adw0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Wide SCSI controllers ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller -uha0 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f +uha0* 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x/1535 SCSI controller ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller ahc0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller aic0* 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI controller +isp0 dyn dyn dyn dyn QLogic 10X0, 2100 SCSI/FC controllers dpt n/a n/a n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers. wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 @@ -326,44 +328,36 @@ ATA Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI -controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850/AIC7895 on-board SCSI controllers. - -Support for the following controllers is rather weak: -Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) -Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x -and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - -** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no - on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the - system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, - CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card - without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally - indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up - or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them. - Check your system/board documentation for more details. - - -AdvanSys (Advanced Systems) ABP510/542/5150 ISA and ABP5140/5142 ISA PnP -cards, ABP842/852 VLB cards, and ABP920/930/930U/930UA/950/960/960U/970/970U -PCI cards. - -** Note: The ADP510/5140/5150 boards were shipped by HP with the 4020i - CD-R drive but with NO BIOS, so these models cannot control boot devices - though they can be used for any secondary SCSI device. Also note that the - ABP5140/5142 boards were rebadged by SIIG as the "SpeedMaster i540/i542" - - -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller -Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller - -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI -controllers: +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. + +AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). + +BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: + +[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] + +BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: + BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D +BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: + BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, + BT-540CF +BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: + BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, + BT-542B +BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: + BT-742A, BT-542B + +AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also +supported. + +DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and +SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V +is not yet supported. + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, +53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: ASUS SC-200 Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) NCR cards (all) @@ -371,34 +365,56 @@ controllers: Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F Tyan S1365 -Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the -AMD 53c974 as well). -NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. +QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. -UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - -Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - -Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - -WD7000 SCSI controller. - With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including -DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives. +SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, +tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor +target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands +are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW +writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) -(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models, driver is rather stale) (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface. +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface + +The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are +NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: + + Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the + AMD 53c974 as well). + + NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + + UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. + + Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. + + Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + + WD7000 SCSI controller. + + Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) + Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers + Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x + and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. + + [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and + UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on + when or if they will be completed. ] + +Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: + + Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight) + (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) 4.2. Network cards ---- ------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index cdbeb1c..68b1997 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -113,22 +113,36 @@ ATA Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/2940/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller -Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller +BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: -DPT SmartRAID III and IV SCSI/RAID controllers +[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI -controllers: +BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: + BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D +BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: + BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, + BT-540CF +BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: + BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, + BT-542B +BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: + BT-742A, BT-542B + +AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also +supported. + +DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and +SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V +is not yet supported. + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, +53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: ASUS SC-200 Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) NCR cards (all) @@ -137,7 +151,7 @@ controllers: Tyan S1365 -QLogic SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers. +QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. @@ -156,21 +170,6 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) (wcd) ATAPI IDE interface -SCSI TAPE SUPPORT: - - The CAM SCSI tape driver doesn't yet handle older (and many times broken) - tape drives very well. If you've got an older SCSI-1 tape drive, like an - Exabyte 8200 or older QIC-type tape drive, it may not work properly with - the CAM tape driver. This is obviously a known problem, and we're - working on it. - - Newer tape drives that are mostly SCSI-2 compliant should work fine. - e.g., DAT (DDS-1, 2 and 3), DLT, and newer Exabyte 8mm drives should - work fine. - - If you want to find out if your particular tape drive is supported, the - best way to find out is to try it! - The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: |
