Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:43:40 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, multia-users@explode.unsw.edu.au Subject: Re: Netbooting a Multia with FreeBSD Message-ID: <99Oct28.103844est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991019085210.A86077@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> References: <19991019085210.A86077@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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On 1999-Oct-19 08:52:10 +1000, I wrote: >My problem is that netboot seems unable to accept the DHCP or RARP >responses returned to its requests. It just cycles between DHCP >and RARP requests until it times out. After some experimenting, it appears that making broken_firmware a boolean in /usr/src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha/srmnet.c does not cover the Multia (at least with SRM 3.8.3). This SRM is broken enough to need the MAC address explicitly included in netbbinfo, but call to prom_read() in prom_get() _does_ need to specify the receiving structure size (ie the broken_firmware test is not needed). Without background on what other varieties of brokenness DEC implemented in various SRMs, I can't offer a sensible patch. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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