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         WorkBiT NinjaSCSI-3/32Bi driver for Linux

1. Comment
 This is Workbit corp.'s(http://www.workbit.co.jp/) NinjaSCSI-3
(http://www.workbit.co.jp/ts/z_nj3r.html) and NinjaSCSI-32Bi
(http://www.workbit.co.jp/ts/z_njsc32bi.html) PCMCIA card driver module
for Linux.

2. My Linux environment
Linux kernel: 2.4.20 / 2.5.63
pcmcia-cs:    3.1.33
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)

3. Install
[1] 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/messgaes
...
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"


[2] Get Linux kernel source, and extract it to /usr/src.
    Because NinjaSCSI driver requiers some SCSI header files in Linux kernel
    source.
    I recomend rebuilding your kernel. This eliminate some versioning problem.
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar -zxvf linux-x.x.x.tar.gz
$ cd linux
$ make config
...

[3] 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

[4] Copy nsp_cs.o to suitable plase, like /lib/modules/<Kernel version>/pcmcia/ .

[5] Add these lines to /etc/pcmcia/config .
    If you yse 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"
-------------------------------------

[6] 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 .

5. 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.

6. Known Bugs
 Many bugs in this driver. Be careful!

7. 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.


2002/01/17 yokota@netlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp <YOKOTA Hiroshi>