> 
> doesnt SGEC have some kind of software that has to be loaded into it 
> before it works? how does it get loaded such that one could netbood with 
> this device? 
> 
The SGEC is very similar to the Tulip chip; i.e. it works as a normal
ethernet chip. The rom routines detects and netboot from it as from
any other device.

-- Ragge