Hi, Some PCI cards for PC machines works well on PPCLinux. If the drivers for some devices is endian-free drivers, the devices have some ability to work on PowerPC machines.
Return for : >From: Paul Talacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on " Re: PC hardware on PPC " date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:59:33 +0000 >>> >On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 08:30:57AM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: >> I have several cards that I would like to use on my 7300 Pmac. Does anyone >> know >> if any will work on this arch with Linux? >> >> Ethernet: >> RealTek 8139 > >I couldn't get this working at all. It needs someone to hack the driver as far >as I know :-) RTL8029 works well with NE2k-PCI drivers. RTL8139, I don't know about this. >> AMD PCnet "LANCE" works well because this is on IBM PReP machines. >> 3com 95x >> Intel EE Pro Sorry. >> SCSI: >> Symbios chip Works well because most of PRePs have this cards. And, the default SCSI card on Machintosh MT300, Atto's makes, is SYMBIOS 53c875 itself. Best regards. ---------------------- Kaz Aoshima = Editor of the PReP station Material development, Faculty of engineering, Tohoku University, Japan E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #I would appreciate if you could give me suggestions for my impolite English expressions.