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