Rafal Boni wrote:

> I am curious whether I could shove an ISA NIC into the EISA slot in my
> I2 and use that as a way to get maybe root-on-NFS going easier (similar
> to the use-a-PCI-NIC way you've bootstrapped the O2's).  I have a load
> of ISA NICs, but if I need a real EISA nic, then I'd actually have to
> go find/buy/trade for one.

The EISA chipset came from Intel but there is a small SGI interface
ASIC to that chip from the GIO bus.  I think getting that code to
work would take some effort.  Also, unlike the PCI busses, ISA
isn't walked and configed by the prom, so you would be on your
own.

jeffs