Re: Is Sun X1033A supported
"Vincent S. Cojot" <[email protected]>
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Hi Peter and others, The sun System handbook has a wealth of info for public use..: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_private/Devices/Ethernet/ETHER_SunFastEther_PCI.html Part numbers: 501-4359 501-5019 540-3981 Vincent > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Ken Roser wrote: > >> As a follow-up to this, I've looked around in the kernel source and >> can find no support for this board. I did see a driver for the Quad >> ethernet board (qfe / X1034A) but not for the X1033A. > > So what's the actual part number for that? 501-XXXX is generally > something you can actually search, say, the Field Engineer's Handbook > for, whereas X1033A is not. If it's the card I think it is, it's a > perfectly normal hme card, and will work just fine. > > And hey, you could also try it and find out. > >> I also opened up the case and found the PCI connectors within are not >> the same as a Intel PC's PCI connectors, so I suspect there's no >> alternative source of ethernet expansion. > > Huh? It's got 3 64-bit 5V slots and 1 64-bit 3.3V slot. Perfectly > normal PCI ethernet cards you get at best buy should work just fine. I > don't have a u60, but I've tried netgear cards in my u5 and my sb100, > and they work fine. > >> Any confirmation of my assumptions or information about an X1033A >> driver would be much appreciated. >> >> Ken Roser wrote: >> >> > Does Aurora support the Sun expansion ethernet card, the X1033A? >> > >> > Is there any other less expensive ethernet card supported by Aurora >> in the Ultra 30 or Ultra 60? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > aurora-sparc-devel mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.linuxpower.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-devel >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> aurora-sparc-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linuxpower.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-devel >> > > -- > Peter > > Al Gore saying he invented the internet is like me saying I invented the > exponential > -- Gordon Moore > > _______________________________________________ > aurora-sparc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxpower.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-devel