Subject: Re: NetBSD supports this ....?
To: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/12/1999 21:29:53
As Ross Harvey wrote...
> > From: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com>
> >
> > Does NetBSD support the "KZPAA-AA"?
> >
> > It's a PCI scsi card, narrow, single-ended. That's about all I
> > know about it since search.digital.com has been broken since at
> > least noon and I don't know exactly where at digital.com to look.

FYI: your run-of-the-mill Taiwanese NCR810 board will also work. I've had
both 'genuine' KZPAA and NCR810s in my Alpha and both worked just fine.

> > Plus, 1-800-DIGITAL was next to useless since the tech guy I talked
> > to didn't know anything at all other than the info above.
> >
> > Yes, I'm irritated. Sorry for ranting.
> 
> Yes, actually, that's kind of the cannonical alpha SCSI controller.
> 
> Besides NetBSD support, it has the advantage of being one of the few
> SCSI cards that will be recognized by your SRM firmware.

Very true. The alternative would be to get some Qlogic board. Most
SRMs understand them too.

Wilko
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