patch-2.0.4 linux/drivers/scsi/README.FlashPoint

• Lines: 75
• Date: Mon Jul 8 13:09:21 1996
• Orig file: v2.0.3/linux/drivers/scsi/README.FlashPoint
• Orig date: Mon Apr 15 12:20:19 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.3/linux/drivers/scsi/README.FlashPoint linux/drivers/scsi/README.FlashPoint
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 
-				 ANNOUNCEMENT
-		  BusLogic FlashPoint/BT-948 Upgrade Program
-				1 February 1996
+			       ANNOUNCEMENT
+	       BusLogic FlashPoint LT/BT-948 Upgrade Program
+			      1 February 1996
+
+			  ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
+	       BusLogic FlashPoint LW/BT-958 Upgrade Program
+			       14 June 1996
 
 Ever since its introduction last October, the BusLogic FlashPoint LT has
 been problematic for members of the Linux community, in that no Linux
@@ -58,32 +62,39 @@
 and has all the best features of both the BT-946C and FlashPoint LT,
 including smart termination and a flash PROM for easy firmware updates, and
 is of course compatible with the present Linux driver.  The price for this
-upgrade has been set at US $45, and the upgrade program will be
-administered through BusLogic Technical Support, which can be reached by
-electronic mail at techsup@buslogic.com, by Voice at +1 408 654-0760, or by
-FAX at +1 408 492-1542.
-
-I was a beta test site for the BT-948 and versions 1.2.1 and 1.3.1 of my
-BusLogic driver already include latent support for the BT-948.  Additional
-cosmetic support for the Ultra SCSI MultiMaster cards will be added in a
-subsequent release.  As a result of this cooperative testing process,
-several firmware bugs were found and corrected (make sure you have firmware
-version 5.05R or later).  My heavily loaded Linux test system provided an
-ideal environment for testing error recovery processes that are much more
-rarely exercised in production systems, but are crucial to overall system
-stability.  It was especially convenient being able to work directly with
-their firmware engineer in demonstrating the problems under control of the
-firmware debugging environment; things sure have come a long way since the
-last time I worked on firmware for an embedded system.  I am presently
-working on some performance testing and expect to have some data to report
-in the not too distant future.
+upgrade has been set at US $45 plus shipping and handling, and the upgrade
+program will be administered through BusLogic Technical Support, which can
+be reached by electronic mail at techsup@buslogic.com, by Voice at +1 408
+654-0760, or by FAX at +1 408 492-1542.
+
+As of 14 June 1996, the original BusLogic FlashPoint LT to BT-948 upgrade
+program has now been extended to encompass the FlashPoint LW Wide Ultra
+SCSI Host Adapter.  Any Linux user worldwide may trade in their FlashPoint
+LW (BT-950) for a BT-958 MultiMaster PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter.  The
+price for this upgrade has been set at US $65 plus shipping and handling.
+
+I was a beta test site for the BT-948/958, and versions 1.2.1 and 1.3.1 of
+my BusLogic driver already included latent support for the BT-948/958.
+Additional cosmetic support for the Ultra SCSI MultiMaster cards was added
+subsequent releases.  As a result of this cooperative testing process,
+several firmware bugs were found and corrected.  My heavily loaded Linux
+test system provided an ideal environment for testing error recovery
+processes that are much more rarely exercised in production systems, but
+are crucial to overall system stability.  It was especially convenient
+being able to work directly with their firmware engineer in demonstrating
+the problems under control of the firmware debugging environment; things
+sure have come a long way since the last time I worked on firmware for an
+embedded system.  I am presently working on some performance testing and
+expect to have some data to report in the not too distant future.
 
 BusLogic asked me to send this announcement since a large percentage of the
 questions regarding support for the FlashPoint have either been sent to me
 directly via email, or have appeared in the Linux newsgroups in which I
 participate.  To summarize, BusLogic is offering Linux users an upgrade
 from the unsupported FlashPoint LT (BT-930) to the supported BT-948 for US
-$45.  Contact BusLogic Technical Support at techsup@buslogic.com or +1 408
+$45 plus shipping and handling, or from the unsupported FlashPoint LW
+(BT-950) to the supported BT-958 for $65 plus shipping and handling.
+Contact BusLogic Technical Support at techsup@buslogic.com or +1 408
 654-0760 to take advantage of their offer.
 
 		Leonard N. Zubkoff