Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: I2O status and Linux? | Date | Tue, 1 Jun 1999 05:10:45 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I have some SCSI cards here which claim to be I2O, but aren't being > used as such. > > I assume such cards will work both with native and I2O drivers? It > looks just like any other PCI card (+i960)... I also assume I need an > I2O mb?
You don't need an I2O motherboard for cards that have onboard I2O controllers.
There are two things here
1. Conventional PCI cards driven via an I960 or ARM on the mainboard instead of the CPU
2. Boards with the I2O controller and other logic on the PCI card, eg the Symbios FC card I have for development here.
Note its also possible for case 2 to manage other cards. The symbios doesnt but you might for example have a card with an onboard CPU and interfaces (eg scsi) that can also manage any scsi controllers on the PCI bus of some suitable types.
Grab -ac1 build it and
insmod i2o_core insmod i2o_pci
and see what it reports. If it makes happy noises, then insmod i2o_scsi
Alan
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