On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 02:38:10PM -0500, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 09:31:17AM -0700, RJ45 wrote:
> > > I Was thinking also to add a Adaptec 2940 scsi board on Ultra 10, may it
> > > work?
> >
> > Yes, as long as they're supported by NetBSD they should work.
> > But you need current.
> >
> 
> Wait, a 2940 in an ultra5?  How would that even remotely work?  How would
> you get access to the configuration menu system from sparc hardware?

as long as openboot sees it in the device tree and NetBSD supports it, it should work.  

If I recall adaptec made a 2940OF(openboot firmware), but you should be
able to use one from a macintosh. 

> 
> -Brian
> 
> >
> > I have adaptec and ncr/symbios SCSI adapters, and DEC and thunderLAN based
> > ethernet in my U5.
> >
> > --
> > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> > --
> >
>