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From: bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Problems getting wangtek tape controller running.
Keywords: DMA Channel 3
Message-ID: <C15MDF.Hvw@obiwan.uucp>
Date: 20 Jan 93 13:20:02 GMT
References: <1993Jan19.170906.5344@data-io.com>
Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX
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In article <1993Jan19.170906.5344@data-io.com> bachesta@Data-IO.COM (Jim Bachesta) writes:
>I am trying to get my wangtek controller running on DMA chan 3. I have the
>kernel configured to work at drq 3 instead of drq 1. It looks like the wt drivers
>are only responding to drq 1. If I configure and compile the kernel for drq 3 but
>leave the wangtek jumpered for drq 1 the tape works ok. If I move the jumpers to
>drq 3 than it dosn't work. It hangs at "Pollrdy". Has anyone had success in getting
>the wangtek controller to run at DMA channel 3? Please respond on the net. Thanks
>in advance.
The version of wt.c that I am running with appears to be hardwired to
DMA channel 1. It initializes wtchan to 1 near the top. I see nowhere
that it sets it to anything else.
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