Re: scsi card compatibility under Debian
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On Saturday 08 December 2001 12:34 pm, Mark Seven Smith wrote:
> I'm trying to get a scsi card (for an old HP ScanJet 4p
> scanner), though eBay; and in trying to determine if a card
> advertised will work with Linux, I went to the Debian
> homepage, and was told that Debian has no hardware
> requirements beyond those that come with Linux. Then there
> was a link to check the hardware compatibility HOWTO. But
> the HOWTO doesn't list scsi cards! In fact, I couldn't
> find a list of any scsi card compatibilities, except in
> doing a search from Google, I came across the hardware
> compatibility lists for Red Hat Linux--they list all the
> hardware that they *CERTIFY* to run with Red Hat Linux, and
> what version of RHL each card or whatever works with, which
> isn't much helpful for Debian stuff (unless I could get a
> particular scsi driver from a Red Hat site, if that is what
> they did to make that card "certifiable").
>
> Does anyone know of a place that I can check for the
> compatibility of a particular scsi card, especially for
> Debian?
>
> TIA,
>
> --Mark Seven Smith
> pampaluz@home.com
Generaly speaking driver availability is a function of the kernel
source and not distribution specific. This can change somewhat as some
distros patch their kernel sources but scsi is pretty standard stuff.
All drivers are contained in the kernel source, so reading through tthe
source, /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi, would show what cards are
supported. Of course this requires access to the source and a knowledge
of what drivers your card uses, aolso the names are somewhat cryptic.
The Linux hcl may be easier :)
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Greg Madden
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