ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > > * Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030806 05:47]: > > > There are a couple of sides of this. > > > 1) Anyone who supports Linux on non-x86 generally has a reasonable > > > Linux driver that does not need an option rom to set anything up. > > > This includes most hardware raid vendors. > > > > Still, this is not always enough. I cursed many times when the x86 > > emulation on Alpha machines was not capable of executing the hacks > > some vendors put in their option roms, which prevents video or > > booting from scsi from working. > > yes, although I have always hoped it would be enough to count on > open-source linux drivers, we still need expansion rom support today. > There's a cluster at Argonne that needs an old-fashioned BIOS on the nodes > that have a certain model RAID-SCSI controller. They want linuxbios, and > we need to do expansion roms first.
Which model RAID-SCSI controller? I have seen an amazing number that have worked. I am wondering if it is simply a misreport. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
