Sparc/Non-Sun hardware compatibility list

This Hardware Compatibility List details PCI hardware that has been tested on SPARC64 systems by the developer and user community.

About this Document
This document provides a list of hardware tested on the Sun SPARC64 platform, the results of that testing and who tested it.

This document does not guarantee that you will have similar results with the same hardware, but simply documents the experiences of others. Please keep this in mind if you are thinking of making purchasing decisions based on this document.

USB Controllers
NOTE: In order to utilize USB 2.0 controllers, you will need to use a 2.6 kernel.

USB Storage
NOTE: This aren't bootable in any way, and often require a high-speed USB controller to work reliably.

Video Adapters
NOTE: Alternate (non-SUN) framebuffers may not work in OBP, only once the linux kernel has taken over control.

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following authors and editors for their contributions to this guide:


 * Jason Wever