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From: Olivier Cherrier <oc@symacx.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:00:34 +0100
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Subject: Re: Onboard SCSI controller support on Ultra 2
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	Hello,

 > by now you may already have installed -- successfully!

Yes, it works pretty well -- except the console which is extremely
slow, eats characters and so on.

 > I had the same question and did a Google search that turned up a 
reference
 > in an update doc that had not yet made it to the dist.

Yes, this doc has to be updated. Does any FreeBSD guy can do it? Thanks.

 > The answer is yes -- onboard scsi is supported on the ultra-2. my 
install
 > was successful  -- no problem there.
 > The prob i did find was with QFE card support; they all appear as 
hme, have
 > the correct individual MAC addresses--- but little else, and errors 
galore.

No experience with qfe on sparc64 and FreeBSD. I use one with success
on sparc32 and OpenBSD.

--
oc