Re: non-free firmware

[Frans van Berckel <fberckel@xs4all.nl>]

Hi Rick,

On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 07:35 -0400, Rick Leir wrote:

> Hi Frans 
> (OT) A small SSD is $120 here and is the difference between an almost
> usable machine and a museum piece. How much would that bridge be on
> ebay (assuming I could locate one)?

About pricing, Amazon does $249 for the bridge (for one, excluding
shipping) and beware you still need the Qlogic FC kernel driver.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00PSVSCVA

As alternative you need a solution supported by OBP, otherwise you
won't be able to boot off, as talked about in the freebsd topic.

Thanks,


Frans van Berckel