Subject: Re: adding a PCI card on ultra 10
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/09/2002 02:12:59
On 29 May 2002 @ 4:22pm (-0000), eeh@netbsd.org wrote:
>
> | The 2940 did indeed work. It apears in the ofw device tree, as well as
> | it's probed in the sparc64 kernel. I've yet to attach any devices to it.
>
> There's a big difference between appearing in the OF tree and having useable
> OF drivers. Without the latter you cannot boot from the device.
>
On what level is that driver interface? Does the card need to be OpenBoot
Firmware aware? Or would Sun need to release OPF support? I noticed the
card didn't show up in 'probe-scsi-all'.
Btw i hooked up a bunch of devices to the chain and they all worked fine.
-lava
>
> Eduardo
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