Subject: Re: adding a PCI card on ultra 10
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 05/28/2002 23:39:14
I hasten to point out that Adaptec made 2940's (and later models) for 
PowerMacintosh, as well as for PC, and for the Macs, they had to do 
an OpenBoot Firmware implementation (IEEE 1275) for their device. 
Guess What? That's What Suns use, too (in fact, they invented it).

So, in principle, any PCI SCSI (IDE, whatever) card that is bootable 
on any PCI PowerMac should work in a Sun, also. At least so far as 
the PROMs are concerned. OS support is a separate matter.

	Erik <fair@clock.org>