[rescue] Dual head Octane SI + ESI

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 09:02:48AM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:21:18 +0200
> Bjorn Ramqvist wrote:
> 
> > 1GB is certainly enough, and the only disadvantage with only 1.2 Xbow
> > is that I can't do VPro and such niftyness. I don't even know if I can
> > do SE/SSE/MXE gfx?
> > 
> 
> Sure you can.  I'm not exactly sure, but I think the list of stuff that
> doesn't work with 1.2 is:
>  - 4 port fast ethernet/6 port serial option board
>  - any VPro series (including V6 and V8)
> 
> To support V6 and V8, you need 1.3 Xbow.  1.4 will let you run any
> V-series graphics.

I believe you are wrong.  From an SGI engineer found in google groups:
http://myturl.com/000ck

    > what limitations has the Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.2
    > compared to later Revisions (1.3/1.4) ?

    none, except that revisions lower than 1.4 cannot use
    the Vpro V10/V12 graphics boards. (But V6,V8 work fine)