Hello.

Perhaps *I* was the confused one. The "footnote" for the PowerCenter 
Pro says "Can't boot from Adaptec UltraSCSI card (it doesn't support 
Open Firmware)" - I have two PowerCenter Pros and each came with a 
different OEM Adaptec SCSI card. The FAQ also mentions a 2940 
incompatibility, and links to this post.

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2001/04/27/0000.html

The wording of the post is unclear, but upon rereading it, it may be 
suggesting that there's no problem with 2940s with the non-AV(?) 
firmware 4.1 (which is what I have). At any rate, I apologize for my 
post if I read it wrong, although I believe the documentation is 
unclear at best. I also made the mistake of referring to the 2940s as 
"unsupported" - where in reality it's just booting from them which was 
ever unsupported. Both the 2940 and the 2930 identify themselves and 
the drives connected to them once the kernel is loaded.

Shorah to all,

Henry

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 01:28  AM, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Henry Watterson wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> THE ADAPTEC 2940UW CARD BOOTS UNDER OPEN FIRMWARE!
>>
>> I have recently successfully conquered OpenFirmware 1.0.5 on my
>> PowerCenter Pro 210 and gotten NetBSD to boot for me. :) I was 
>> dismayed
>> when I learned that the 2940 cards were very obviously unsupported,
>
> I'm confused. I thought the 2940's were supported. I know I'm using a 
> 3950
> U2B (dual port LVD) both in MacOS X and NetBSD. Usually we support 
> ranges
> of cards, so I'd expect it to work. ??
>
> Take care,
>
> Bill
>