On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 05:59 PM, John Ruschmeyer wrote:

>> On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 03:41 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>>
>>> I know I have asked about the difference between the SBC and the 
>>> Generic
>>> kernel before, the answer was "try what works".
>>> I refer to 1.5ZA
>>>
>>> A small table with correspondence of macType <--> kernel would be good
>>> to
>>> publish around the FAQ. In the case if someone gives me the data I 
>>> would
>>> mess around in HTML. Or, big shame, if this information already exists
>>> and I
>>> have not found it please a link!
>>
>> It isn't that simple.  The "one that works" is not just a function of
>> macType; it is related to an unknown combination of macType, SCSI
>> controller type and disk type.  The advice has always been to try
>> Generic and if it doesn't work then try the SBC Kernel.
>
> True, but there are definately macs for which it is a "don't care",
> specifically those which don't use a 5380 as the SCSI controller chip.
> Granted, it is not a huge list, but a list anyway.

The advice to try Generic first still applies since it doesn't really 
matter in this case.  If the list doesn't contain all the supported Macs 
and show which kernel should be used it still doesn't answer the 
original question.