0001 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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0004 The sym53c500_cs Driver
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0006
0007 The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs
0008 package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was
0009 long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns:
0010
0011 (1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6.
0012 (2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel.
0013
0014 All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could
0015 not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks
0016 to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for
0017 the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to
0018 Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about.
0019
0020 The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version
0021 of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are
0022 other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands)
0023 on one.
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0025 Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs
0026 version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked
0027 for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary.
0028
0029 Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com)
