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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

========================================= WorkBiT NinjaSCSI-3/32Bi driver for Linux

  1. Comment ==========

This is Workbit corp.'s(http://www.workbit.co.jp/) NinjaSCSI-3 for Linux.

  1. My Linux environment =======================

:Linux kernel: 2.4.7 / 2.2.19 :pcmcia-cs: 3.1.27 :gcc: gcc-2.95.4 :PC card: I-O data PCSC-F (NinjaSCSI-3), I-O data CBSC-II in 16 bit mode (NinjaSCSI-32Bi) :SCSI device: I-O data CDPS-PX24 (CD-ROM drive), Media Intelligent MMO-640GT (Optical disk drive)

  1. Install ==========

(a) Check your PC card is true "NinjaSCSI-3" card.

If you installed pcmcia-cs already, pcmcia reports your card as UNKNOWN
card, and write ["WBT", "NinjaSCSI-3", "R1.0"] or some other string to
your console or log file.

You can also use "cardctl" program (this program is in pcmcia-cs source
code) to get more info.

::

# cat /var/log/messages
...
Jan  2 03:45:06 lindberg cardmgr[78]: unsupported card in socket 1
Jan  2 03:45:06 lindberg cardmgr[78]:   product info: "WBT", "NinjaSCSI-3", "R1.0"
...
# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  no product info available
Socket 1:
  product info: "IO DATA", "CBSC16       ", "1"

(b) Get the Linux kernel source, and extract it to /usr/src. Because the NinjaSCSI driver requires some SCSI header files in Linux kernel source, I recommend rebuilding your kernel; this eliminates some versioning problems.

::

$ cd /usr/src
$ tar -zxvf linux-x.x.x.tar.gz
$ cd linux
$ make config
...

(c) If you use this driver with Kernel 2.2, unpack pcmcia-cs in some directory and make & install. This driver requires the pcmcia-cs header file.

::

$ cd /usr/src
$ tar zxvf cs-pcmcia-cs-3.x.x.tar.gz
...

(d) Extract this driver's archive somewhere, and edit Makefile, then do make::

$ tar -zxvf nsp_cs-x.x.tar.gz
$ cd nsp_cs-x.x
$ emacs Makefile
...
$ make

(e) Copy nsp_cs.ko to suitable place, like /lib/modules/<Kernel version>/pcmcia/ .

(f) Add these lines to /etc/pcmcia/config .

If you use pcmcia-cs-3.1.8 or later, we can use "nsp_cs.conf" file.
So, you don't need to edit file. Just copy to /etc/pcmcia/ .

::

device "nsp_cs"
  class "scsi" module "nsp_cs"

card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-3"
  version "WBT", "NinjaSCSI-3", "R1.0"
  bind "nsp_cs"

card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit)"
  version "WORKBIT", "UltraNinja-16", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"

# OEM
card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) / IO-DATA"
  version "IO DATA", "CBSC16       ", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"

# OEM
card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) / KME-1"
  version "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-001", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"
card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) / KME-2"
  version "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-002", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"
card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) / KME-3"
  version "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-003", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"
card "WorkBit NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) / KME-4"
  version "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-004", "1"
  bind "nsp_cs"

(f) Start (or restart) pcmcia-cs::

# /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia start        (BSD style)

or::

# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start         (SYSV style)

4. History

See README.nin_cs .

  1. Caution ==========

If you eject card when doing some operation for your SCSI device or suspend your computer, you encount some BAD error like disk crash.

It works good when I using this driver right way. But I'm not guarantee your data. Please backup your data when you use this driver.

  1. Known Bugs =============

In 2.4 kernel, you can't use 640MB Optical disk. This error comes from high level SCSI driver.

  1. Testing ==========

Please send me some reports(bug reports etc..) of this software. When you send report, please tell me these or more.

- card name
- kernel version
- your SCSI device name(hard drive, CD-ROM, etc...)

8. Copyright

See GPL.

2001/08/08 [email protected] <YOKOTA Hiroshi>