> In fact, it is a buglet in the sym53c8xx driver that makes it detect the
> 825 (not A) as a supported chip. By luck, this buglet is harmless, since
Not harmless if you're trying to boot off of it! :-)
> the driver detects some problem later and skip the controller. The problem
> is fixed since driver version 1.3f, but the fix hasn't been send to kernel
> maintainer yet.
>
> Here is the compatibility list:
>
> On board
> Chip SDMS BIOS Wide SCSI std. Max. sync ncr53c8xx sym53c8xx
> ---- --------- ---- --------- ---------- --------- ---------
> 810 N N FAST10 10 MB/s Y N
> 810A N N FAST10 10 MB/s Y Y
> 815 Y N FAST10 10 MB/s Y N
> 825 Y Y FAST10 20 MB/s Y N
> 825A Y Y FAST10 20 MB/s Y Y
> 860 N N FAST20 20 MB/s Y Y
> 875 Y Y FAST20 40 MB/s Y Y
> 876 Y Y FAST20 40 MB/s Y Y
> 895 Y Y FAST40 80 MB/s Y Y
> 895A Y Y FAST40 80 MB/s Y Y
> 896 Y Y FAST40 80 MB/s Y Y
>
D'oh... okay. Thanks.
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