Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2940-MAC card and sparc64-> firmware status?
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Lehmann <maal1yz@hotmail.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/28/2005 01:15:14
Jochen Kunz wrote:
> A card based on a 53C8xx chip (see esiop(4)) is
> supported by the main board firmware for booting. The 53C8xx card does
> not need a special firmware like Adaptec and works at least as good as
> an Adaptec.

The support for the 53C875 (and the dual-channel 53C876) is integrated in the
OBP (OpenBootProgram).

The same is true for some of the SPARCengine boards like Ultra AX/AXi/AXmp with
include the support for the ATI Rage Pro/II based video boards.

Michael