Sounds great! Now, where can I buy one of these cards -- hopefully with the new firmware already installed. And where can I find instructions for including the driver module in my Debian Jessie kernel?
Thanks! Rick On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, at 5:23 AM, luigi burdo wrote: > Hello, > i can say for sure this card is already compatible with linux ppc. > The only thing necessary is have a kernel with the board included as a mod. > The card will starting work after the kernel load in yaboot or grub... (i > had been used it on amiga pci machine) > I have a Marvell pcie in My G5 Quad working as the same phylosophy as i > described before. > The same is fo all card and device. GPU usb3 and so and so. > > Ciao > Gigi Burdo > > > > *Da:* Romain Dolbeau <rom...@dolbeau.org> > *Inviato:* giovedì 16 luglio 2020 13:45 > *A:* Rick Thomas <rick.tho...@pobox.com> > *Cc:* PowerPC List Debian <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > *Oggetto:* Re: Looking for a PCI (not PCIe) card for (non-raid) SATA that is > compatible with PowerMac G4 > > Le mer. 15 juil. 2020 à 12:46, Romain Dolbeau <rom...@dolbeau.org> a écrit : > > You need to locate a SIL3112 (or in a pinch, SIL3114 can do) based PCI > > SATA card and flash it with a Fcode BIOS > > Apparently, there is an ongoing effort to create a new firmware for > the family of chips, which should make G4 users' life easier :-) > > <http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5534.0.html> > > Cordially, > > -- > Romain Dolbeau >
