From 110a89b1cabfbc238988cac113dfb839940c93f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 09:16:10 +0100 Subject: scsi: docs: convert sym53c500_cs.txt to ReST Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/eff6166b3442ddb37b934bca46e7f9ef25ebc2a4.1583136624.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen --- Documentation/scsi/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.txt | 23 ----------------------- 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.rst delete mode 100644 Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.txt diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst index 0cc2cfca7474..00584fb0588c 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst @@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ Linux SCSI Subsystem sd-parameters smartpqi st + sym53c500_cs scsi_transport_srp/figures diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.rst b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..55464861bbd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================= +The sym53c500_cs Driver +======================= + +The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs +package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was +long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns: + + (1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6. + (2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel. + +All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could +not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks +to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for +the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to +Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about. + +The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version +of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are +other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands) +on one. + +Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs +version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked +for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary. + +Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com) diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.txt b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 75febcf9298c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c500_cs.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -The sym53c500_cs driver originated as an add-on to David Hinds' pcmcia-cs -package, and was written by Tom Corner (tcorner@via.at). A rewrite was -long overdue, and the current version addresses the following concerns: - - (1) extensive kernel changes between 2.4 and 2.6. - (2) deprecated PCMCIA support outside the kernel. - -All the USE_BIOS code has been ripped out. It was never used, and could -not have worked anyway. The USE_DMA code is likewise gone. Many thanks -to YOKOTA Hiroshi (nsp_cs driver) and David Hinds (qlogic_cs driver) for -the code fragments I shamelessly adapted for this work. Thanks also to -Christoph Hellwig for his patient tutelage while I stumbled about. - -The Symbios Logic 53c500 chip was used in the "newer" (circa 1997) version -of the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI controller. Presumably there are -other products using this chip, but I've never laid eyes (much less hands) -on one. - -Through the years, there have been a number of downloads of the pcmcia-cs -version of this driver, and I guess it worked for those users. It worked -for Tom Corner, and it works for me. Your mileage will probably vary. - ---Bob Tracy (rct@frus.com) -- cgit v1.2.3