> David Cantrell wrote:
>
> > Well, I don't know. I've certainly never seen one. If one doesn't exist,
> > why is it an option in the kernel for 32-bit SPARC machines? Looking at
> > what Debian does, I see that they offer a kernel image named "sun4dm_pci".
> > I know that Sun never made a 32-bit SPARC system that used PCI, but
> > perhaps a clone manufacturer did. I just can't understand why it's an
> > option if there were no machines built that way.
I don't know why, but I didn't even think about clones. I would have
to say that IF there were Sparc-type hardware out there with PCI, it
would have to be clones.
> My guess is perhaps someone decided to just not exclude it, in case there
> was such a machine by a clone maker.
That would be my assumption also.
> > I'm sure that if such a machine exists, there are a very small number of
> > them. Even the first UltraSPARC systems from Sun used SBus...they didn't
> > start using PCI until a couple years later.
This is true.
Charles
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