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Date:      Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:43:08 +0100 (CET)
From:      Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
To:        Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
Cc:        sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Back to the Future - 64-bit time_t on sparc64
Message-ID:  <20040220204112.Y82200@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
In-Reply-To: <20040220175855.GK68388@seekingfire.com>
References:  <p06020407bc533f0ae9d2@[128.113.24.47]> <40306CE7.6080104@mindspring.com> <p0602041ebc56dd660908@[128.113.24.47]> <20040219143838.GL68388@seekingfire.com> <20040219202412.GZ68388@seekingfire.com> <20040220175855.GK68388@seekingfire.com>

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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Tillman Hodgson wrote:

TH>On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:46:32AM +0100, Harti Brandt wrote:
TH>>
TH>> TH>Any idea if a standard Adaptec 2940U works in them? If so, I might be
TH>> TH>able to use some real disks if I shuffle some cards around.
TH>>
TH>> I have one of the newer Adaptecs (I think a ...320) in a sparc10 with
TH>> a vinum raid and it works just fine. You just cannot boot from it (it's
TH>> missing the forth code).
TH>
TH>Excellent news, thanks. Can one still use control-A to enter it's config
TH>menu while booting?

I don't think so. As far as I understand this is BIOS code and purely
i386. On the other hand I think that FreeBSD's ahc driver doesn't care for
what you have configured in the adaptec BIOS, but you might better ask an
ahc guru.

harti
-- 
harti brandt,
http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private
brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de, harti@freebsd.org



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