> On Thu, Jan 24 2002 at 13:11:20 -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
> > So, my Sparc 5 became available for whatever I feel like running on it. 
> > My first idea was to try setting it up running NetBSD.  I've put in a
> > pair of drives, and I'm pretty sure they're both Ultra2/Wide/LVD.  I
> > expected them to show up as Fast/Wide or Ultra/Wide, but in fact, they're
> > just showing up as Fast/Narrow.  Does the SS5 not support wide devices?
> Yes, but only as narrow devices (AFAIK).

	Hmmmm, I thought the builtin controller COULD support Fast/wide
	IFF the drives were all Fast/Wide, i.e. if one of the connected
	drives was a Fast/Narrow the Solaris driver would back down.

	Anybody know if the chip itself is capable of Fast/Wide? The SCA
	connectors on the inside drives certainly would allow for it although
	the CDROM and external connectors are Fast/Narrow.

	Been a LONG time since I looked at the SS5 guts so I could be
	full of it.

	SS5 also has decent audio hardware although it doesn't appear to
	be fully supported yet.

	I have one of the '486 on an SBUS stick' as well, might be cool
	toy have a driver for it although I'm not sure if a 25Mhz(?) 486
	would help find the cure for cancer/anthrax/ET's...

	-Rob