[rescue] F-code ROM compatibility (was: Compaq Proliant 8000)

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 30, 2004, at 2:48 AM, Meelis Roos wrote:
>> Are there any known cases of Mac PCI cards working in Sun 
>> workstations?
>
> I have tried a FWB JackHammer SCSI card for Apple (with Fcode of
> course) and it does not boot in a U5.
>
> http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-1379-10/6jalunvbj?a=view shows that
> there are 2 bytes with fixed value called "SPARC reserved value" in PCI
> Expansion PROM Header for Sparc systems...

   That's nicely annoying.  Suits can ruin anything, I suppose.  
Hopefully that stuff will "evolve out" before too long.  Nowadays with 
more and more architectures using PCI, there is pressure on PCI card 
designers to make their boards more portable.

          -Dave

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