SCSI and other PCI cards

[Wilko Bulte]

On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 04:46:24AM -0400, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but PCI is PCI is PCI.  If I go to my local
> computer store or favorite online reseller and buy the latest and greatest
> 64-bit PCI Adaptec SCSI card (and probably some nice hard drives to go
> with it), I can install that in my Alpha (Alpha Server 5305) and it will
> work, right?  I mean, Naturally, FreeBSD would have to have drivers
> for it (but it does, so that's a non-issue), but electrically, the bus
> is the same in an Alpha as it is in a PC or some other architecture, right?
> Afterall, they're both PCI.....

Yes. But booting from it for example you can most likely forget. 
And given that Alpha machines often contain PCI bridge chips to get to 
(generally the # of slots >> PCs ) you might be restricted to what 
slots your card works in. So YMMV

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