Subject: Re: VME Ethernet with NetBSD/sparc 1.1
To: None <mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/24/1996 00:01:32
Jason R. Thorpe wrote:
> I'm not sure that it's possible to use the DVMA-savvy boards on the
> 4/100. I think you're pretty much limited to serial boards, and the
> like. The 4/100 was pretty weak in the VME arena ... I think the one
> slot was kind of token...
FWIW, I have some minimal docs for my 4/110... In the manual
labeled "Cardcage Slot Assignments and Backplane Configuration Procedures"
the "Sun-4/110X" supports these cards:
Sun 4100 CPU Board
501-1221 MCP
501-1203 Sun ALM-2
Sun VME Color Bd.
501-1153 2nd Eth Ctlr
Sun IPC
Also, it mentions:
For Slot 3: If you wish to install a "VME-to-Multibus Adapter Board"
based product (such as the 2nd Ethernet), you MUST use adapter board
subassembly revision 501-1054, revision A or later to avoid signal
contention on the "P2 Memory" bus.
None of the Sun-2 Multibus models listed the 501-1153, though it was
listed on a Sun-2 VME model. (none of the Sun-4 models listed the
part number) So... the 501-1153 *should* be a "real" VME card, and
*should* be supported on a 4/110. I guess the thing to do would be
to boot SunOS and see what it thinks of the ie1.
-Andrew