Re: Premature Compatibility Question

[anthony m tong <atong%students.uiuc.edu@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 1998 at 11:05:53AM -0800, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> Anybody happen to know which ultra-wide SCSI adaptor is most likely to be
> NetBSD-compatible?  I assume if the card comes with an Open Firmware driver
> there is a chance.
> 
> Adaptec 2940UW  (not up for the 2940U2W)
> Initio Miles/INI-9100UW
> MacGurus Jackhammer
> 
> No mention of Open Firmware I have seen with any of them, but haven't been
> exhaustive.

The Adaptec 2930 (ultra scsi for the Mac, OEM'd with Powercenter Pro's) does
not have open firmware drivers, but it works fine under linux. If I'm correct,
the aic7xxx driver was ported from FreeBSD, x86 linux to linux pmac.. it
should wokr with netbsd once the driver's been ported, but you're unlikely
going to be able to boot from it though.