From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199907010605.IAA00270@piglet.cpu.lu> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:05:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Michel Lanners Reply-To: mlan@cpu.lu Subject: Re: Linux/PPC hardware question. To: mikep@ugcs.caltech.edu cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: <199907010132.SAA11287@xeno.ugcs.caltech.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 30 Jun, this message from Michael Pruett echoed through cyberspace: > What SCSI cards are supported under Linux/PPC? I wanted to use a UW > SCSI card on my Power Mac 8500, but I can't find any information on > which cards will work under Linux. And I don't want to buy one unless > I know it's supported. Basically, any card supported by Linux/i386 should work, however: - PCI address assignment might be a problem; I'm not sure OF assigns adress regions for cards without OF code onboard. It might do that OK, however. - Any card lacking OF support on-board (i.e. all cards not sold specifically for the Mac) will not permit booting off drives on these boards, as OF will not have a driver for those. - Any board that works under MacOS (including boot support) and that has a Linux-supported chipset should be usable for booting. Some boards I know people have working: - Symbios 875? -based: Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be - a large number of Adaptec boards, through the AIC7xxx driver - the boards Apple sold bundled with Macs (I think most, if not all, are Sym875-based) If anybody has more details or corrections, don't hold them back! > I can't find the answer to this question anywhere (FAQs, Linux/PPC > web sites, IRC, LDP, etc.) Have you tried FAQ-O-Matic? That should have more detail. URL should be: http://www.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jonh/lppc/faq.pl You might also want to try the Linux/PPC list archives somewhere on lists.linuxppc.org. Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email mlan@cpu.lu | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]