Re: [Qemu-devel] Old DGUX Machine and Adaptec SCSI PCI Controller

[Avi Kivity]

 On 07/29/2010 10:38 PM, DG UX wrote:
> Avi,  It's an AIC-7880 CHIP.
> Linux has aic7xxx open source drivers, I am sure one can use those to 
> implement them into Qemu.

That "one" will have to be you.  I don't see why anyone else would be 
interested.

Note that writing a device model based on a driver will only emulate the 
features used by that driver; other drivers may use other features.

> Just how "shouldn't be too difficult" should it be?

If you have a spec, it's just a matter of implementing it register by 
register.

> I am sure it'll help a lot of Adaptec users, regardless of DG/UX or 
> other platforms.

Most Adaptec users will switch to IDE or virtio-blk.

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