From bcb9b5a4b273837c7b2e3713aa195c1c6293622b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wilko Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 11:38:01 +0000 Subject: Document Ethernet card reqs for SRM boot. Note that 8255x (fxp) does not currently work correctly on alpha. --- release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'release/texts') diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT index 038d391..5e9f699 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -1497,6 +1497,15 @@ information. chip-based), Qlogic family and NCR/Symbios. Be aware of the machine-specific bootability issues for the various adapter types. +- Ethernet: if you want to boot your Alpha over the Ethernet you will +obviously need an Ethernet card that the SRM console recognises. This +generally means you need a board with an 21x4x Ethernet chip as that is +what Digital used. These chips are driven by the FreeBSD 'de' (older driver) +or 'dc' (newer driver). Some new SRM versions are known to recognise the +Intel 8255x ethernet chips as driven by the FreeBSD 'fxp' driver. But beware: +the 'fxp' driver is reported not to work correctly with FreeBSD/alpha (although +it works excellently on FreeBSD/x86). + - FibreChannel: the Qlogic QL2x00 FibreChhannel host adapters are fully supported. -- cgit v1.1