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Date:      Sun, 29 Aug 2004 01:51:12 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc:        sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: U1E and U2 are supported system?
Message-ID:  <20040829085112.GB3971@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040829035525.GB5269@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
References:  <20040829.055715.02308074.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> <20040829035525.GB5269@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>

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On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 11:55:25PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> Yes, please move U1E and U2 (no E) to "Fully Supported".
> 
> Despite what the page had said before I think "U1E" is actually a
> common name for one of two different versions of the Ultra-1 machines.
> The two are significantly different, and we actually do not support
> the "U1".  The normal U1 has a Lance Ethernet controller chip for
> its on-board interface and has a "narrow" SCSI interface connector
> coming out its back.  I don't think we have a Lance Ethernet driver
> at all, and that machine's SCSI controller is different enough from
> the U1E's controller that it doesn't work.  I think. :-)  The U1E
> has a HME onboard ethernet controller and a wide SCSI connector
> coming out the back.

This is correct.  Please make the changes in the documentation.
'E' => "Enterprise".

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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