Re: DEC PWS500au (MiataGL) EIDE Issues
Jason Thorpe <[email protected]>
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> On May 16, 2021, at 9:17 PM, Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On May 16, 2021, at 2:47 PM, Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’ll poke around … > > Ok, I did a little poking. > > The Cypress 82c693 is kind of an odd-ball chip… it was used in a few Alpha models… but not much else, as far as I can discern. Among other things, its ISA interrupt controller is a little different (we already have code that handles this), but there are a lot of additional configuration registers for it that we don’t fiddle with. > > I see some leads in the Linux driver that look promising. I’m going to dig out the data sheet and do a little light reading. Alex — I have a possible fix that I’d like to you try, but because you’re having trouble installing in the first place, I thought I’d ask what would be the easiest way to deliver it to you… fresh 9.1 installation CD-ROM image maybe? Let me know! -- thorpej