Felix Schuermann wrote: > Is the linux kernel able to reliably communicate with the controller via > the driver (in case we get the system booted somehow else)?
Yes. AFAIK Linux on Sparc tries to detect the PCI cards directly instead of using the ~BIOS like it could on a PC (You can choose direct/BIOS on i386). I use an Adaptec 2940 UW and a 2940 U2W without OBP firmware on my Ultra 5, and that works fine. The machine boots from the original IDE disk. Pieter
