From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jan 8 11:50:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15235 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:50:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15230 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:50:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from lestat (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA06735; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:50:20 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901081950.LAA06735@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> To: Murray Stokely Cc: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: horrible hack / SRM console Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:50:20 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:43:12 -0800 (PST) Murray Stokely wrote: > A DEC employee told me otherwise but after searching the net it > appears your right. I don't suppose you know a way to get SRM onto The trick is a 164sx SRM exists. > XLT systems? I've hearn unsuccessful stories of people trying to > flash axppci33 SRM into an XL system, but nothing for the 300mhz > XLTs. And the few DEC people I've asked have said its unpossible > (possibly just meaning "unsupported"). The XL systems aren't AXPpci33s. The interrupt model is different. Yay DEC! I.e. since there isn't an SRM for them, you can't install SRM on them. An SRM for a different systype just isn't going to work. (Do the XL/XLT systems _even have_ an OSF/1 systype?) Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message