U1E and U2 are supported system?
David O'Brien
obrien at freebsd.org
Sun Aug 29 01:51:15 PDT 2004
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 11:55:25PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> Yes, please move U1E and U2 (no E) to "Fully Supported".
>
> Despite what the page had said before I think "U1E" is actually a
> common name for one of two different versions of the Ultra-1 machines.
> The two are significantly different, and we actually do not support
> the "U1". The normal U1 has a Lance Ethernet controller chip for
> its on-board interface and has a "narrow" SCSI interface connector
> coming out its back. I don't think we have a Lance Ethernet driver
> at all, and that machine's SCSI controller is different enough from
> the U1E's controller that it doesn't work. I think. :-) The U1E
> has a HME onboard ethernet controller and a wide SCSI connector
> coming out the back.
This is correct. Please make the changes in the documentation.
'E' => "Enterprise".
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