Document Ethernet card reqs for SRM boot. Note that 8255x (fxp)
does not currently work correctly on alpha.
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chip-based), Qlogic family and NCR/Symbios. Be aware of the machine-specific
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bootability issues for the various adapter types.
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- Ethernet: if you want to boot your Alpha over the Ethernet you will
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obviously need an Ethernet card that the SRM console recognises. This
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generally means you need a board with an 21x4x Ethernet chip as that is
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what Digital used. These chips are driven by the FreeBSD 'de' (older driver)
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or 'dc' (newer driver). Some new SRM versions are known to recognise the
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Intel 8255x ethernet chips as driven by the FreeBSD 'fxp' driver. But beware:
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the 'fxp' driver is reported not to work correctly with FreeBSD/alpha (although
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it works excellently on FreeBSD/x86).
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- FibreChannel: the Qlogic QL2x00 FibreChhannel host adapters are fully
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supported.
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