Hi,

   It seems  to me  that a lot of  traffic  in different discussion forums 
suffers from the fact  that there is  a lack of detail in the available info 
as to which  chip-sets  are actually supported  by Solaris.
   Lots  of people  buy or try  PC hardware and  get it working to different
levels of usability.   
   I belive  that   a lot of  "trail and horror"   could be eliminated if 
a list like the bigadmin HCL  or even the HCL  itself, can be setup that 
clearly  defines  all the different  chipsets:
  Northbridge/Southbridge, and chipsets  controlling graphics, ethernet, 
audio, USB,  and secondary storage  that Solaris is known to work with
or designed  to work with.

   The HCL as it is today  where previously tested equipment is listed ,
is not sufficient, because  the PC hardware arena is as we know  always
in furiuos development,  And its simply impossible to buy what was sold 
six months ago.

  If I know what is supposed to work when I  go and buy some new hardware,
I will make fewer return trips to the shop returning unusable pci-boards and 
USB devices and will be much  happier !  

//Lars
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