[parisc-linux] C3000 SCSI config, was Re: linux grundler

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:26:37 +0100


On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:18:34AM +0100, M. Grabert wrote:
> > config SCSI_ZALON
> >         tristate "Zalon SCSI support"
> >         depends on GSC && SCSI
> >         help
> >           The Zalon is a GSC/HSC bus interface chip that sits between the
> >           PA-RISC processor and the NCR 53c720 SCSI controller on C100,
> >           C110, J200, J210 and some D, K & R-class machines.  It's also
> >           used on the add-in Bluefish, Barracuda & Shrike SCSI cards.
> >           Say Y here if you have one of these machines or cards.
> 
> I'm using the the 2.4 -kernel, and it says:
> 
> "The Zalon is an interface chip that sits between the PA-RISC
> processor and the NCR 53c720 SCSI controller on K-series PA-RISC
> boards (these are used, among other places, on some HP 780
> workstations).  Say Y here to make sure it gets initialized
> correctly before the Linux kernel tries to talk to the controller."
> 
> Well, since the C240/C3000 are 780-series machines, I wasn't so sure ...

OK, I'll just copy the 2.5 helptext into 2.4 then.  It wouldn't have
confused you, right?

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