> SunPCi™ PC co-processor card, in an Ultra 5 ? > > I don't know where to begin, and i don't even have one, but the idea > sounds good :-) > > Is there some info docs anyhere on what and how this card can be put to > work ? is it just for solaris, or can it be talked to/booted from the PROM? http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/Linux-on-SunPCi-mini-Howto/ might answer some questions. In short it's a separte machine and you need the Sun utility to kick it into life / do some things. Not sure if the app will run in the Solaris emulation mode that Linux/SPARC has, I'd guess not as it probably requires some sort of kernel support.
> Also, i understand an ultra 5 has a PCi bus, does this mean one could > plug-in a usb card (and get it to work with linux), amongst other things. Yes. I have a printer running off this set up at the moment. Cheers, - Martin -- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Seasons change, things come to pass"
