Re: Advantages of 64-bit vs 32-bit on old hardware

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Mar 12, 2008, at 13:57, Erik Fair wrote:

> Where did you find the firmware upgrade bits to be able to boot  
> from your Symbios 53c875 PCI cards? Those changes were added to a  
> later rev of the U10 firmware (alas, not the one I have), but Sun  
> seems not to make that stuff readily available any more.

OF 3.23 IIRC, supports most UW SymBIOS chips including the 53c875.  
The card itself was some cheap PCish thing made by ASUS - doesn't  
matter,the ROM is ignored anyway.

have fun
Michael
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