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Re: Dock II SCSI & Linux
>I friend at work has a 360CSE and a Dock II. I has a SCSI CD-ROM
>attached at wanted to use it in Linux. Linux wasn't recognizing
>the Dock II SCSI though. I had heard others had problems but on
>investigation the problem was found.
>
>The Linux kernel is looking in the BIOS for a signature. The
>Dock II SCSI reports itself as an AHA-1532P. Linux doesn't have
>this in its list of signatures.
In the linux config:
include the following:
the 1532p is compatible w/ the 152x series....
aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
>I will be asking for this to be added to the kernel but for now
>anyone who want to fix this can edit drivers/scsi/aha152x.c and
>search for the list of signatures. Add:
>
>{ "Adaptec BIOS:AHA-1532P", 0x1c, 22 }
>
>to the list and Linux should now recognize and work fine with the
>Dock II SCSI!
>
>This should be added to the FAQ too. Is the maintainer out there?
>
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Derek V. Chan
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