Subject: Re: Kernel panic w/ HME on IPX
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/22/2004 20:40:44
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:47:51AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> 
> Sure, but there is an implicit "by Sun" tag attached to "supported"
> there.  Lots and lots of things that aren't supported by Sun do in fact
> work, often even with Sun's software.
>

And on the other hand there is some hardware that just will not work :)
I know for a fact that a FSBE card will not work in a Sun IPC but runs
happily in an IPX - something to do with changes to the sbus which
caused _some_ cards to not work in older machines.
 
-- 
Brett Lymn