Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 11:28:58 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <kpieckiel@smartrafficenter.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI and other PCI cards Message-ID: <20030503092858.GA68642@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030503084624.GA87039@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> References: <20030503084624.GA87039@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org>
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On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 04:46:24AM -0400, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but PCI is PCI is PCI. If I go to my local > computer store or favorite online reseller and buy the latest and greatest > 64-bit PCI Adaptec SCSI card (and probably some nice hard drives to go > with it), I can install that in my Alpha (Alpha Server 5305) and it will > work, right? I mean, Naturally, FreeBSD would have to have drivers > for it (but it does, so that's a non-issue), but electrically, the bus > is the same in an Alpha as it is in a PC or some other architecture, right? > Afterall, they're both PCI..... Yes. But booting from it for example you can most likely forget. And given that Alpha machines often contain PCI bridge chips to get to (generally the # of slots >> PCs ) you might be restricted to what slots your card works in. So YMMV -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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