Subject: RE: Re: Do YDL support 'foreign' hardware?
From: Bryn Hughes (linux@mail.cbodycentral.net)
Date: Tue May 08 2001 - 11:05:51 MDT
I've tried an Adaptec card that was supposed to be PC-only before
with good luck. This was in MacOS as opposed to Linux, and we all
know how much the MacOS loves PC hardware... It worked fine when I
used the drivers that were for a Mac card with the same chipset.
This card displays the "Ctrl-A at startup" message on a PC, but seems
to be fine on the Mac.
Bryn
> > To add to the other reply ... it's worth looking at the
>> chipset on any PCI
>> card you install. There may be a specific kernel option for
>> it that should
>> be enabled.
>
>What I fear is that they have sme code in their ROMs which is x86
>specific which then doesn't run on anything else. The adaptec card has
>this Ctrl-A on startup option which puts you into
>Setup/Low-Level-Format-Harddrive mode which is definitely running on x86
>machines and I have serious doubts that there is any code in there to do
>similar things on PPC.
>
>I have not yet tried the card in the Mac but it will happen soon :).
>
>Thanks guys,
>Chris
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