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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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The sym53c500_cs Driver
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The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs
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package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was
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long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns:
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(1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6.
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(2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel.
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All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could
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not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks
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to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for
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the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to
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Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about.
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The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version
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of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are
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other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands)
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on one.
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Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs
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version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked
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for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary.
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Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com)
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