On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:31:00PM +0400, Mityok wrote:
> Why it's a must to have the device OF bootable?
> AFAIK Promise Ultra ATA 66 is not OF aware but it works perfectly on
> Beige G3 (moreover - I do not need to boot from the controller).
> Did i misunderstand a glitch?

Some cards need to run code in their expansion ROM in order to
operate properly.  This is, for most cards, x86 assembly language.
If they don't run that code, they don't start up properly and are
not properly configured for communication with the host.

-allen

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