[rescue] Interest in Sun PCI FDDI Cards?

[Mike Dombrowski]

>Dumb questions follow...
>
>Is there any way these would work with those cheap fiber channel 
drives
>floating around?  It they're PCI, could you stick 'em in a PeeCee, 
assuming
>Linux or BSD has driver support?

Nope. Fibre Channel and FDDI are completely different.

>> Anybody interested in cheapish ($15-$20) Sun PCI FDDI Cards? I have 
a 
>> lead on a bulk of them(20) and I don't know if I should pick them up 
>> and split out the pack. Type 5 cards with SC connectors. If you're 
>> interested
>
>Any idea what chipset they are?  Any possibility of there being NetBSD
>(or even Linux) drivers for them?
>
>I'd love to get my file servers onto FDDI to connect to my 
DECswitch....

Dunno what chipset, I'll see once I get my first small batch of the 
cards. I believe they are OEM from somebody else but I forget. From the 
UltraLinux faq:

"On PCI based systems however your card can work if there is driver 
support within Linux. Known to work are PCI SCSI cards, PCI TV cards, 
PCI video cards, PCI (Fast)EtherNet cards. "

I'll check more into that later, but now I gotta decide whether or not 
to call my dad home from work to take me to emergency room - stiff, 
sore neck and sore throat are kinda scaring me. 

Mike