Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:31:44 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha srmdisk.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104081329490.37039-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20010405104048.B98807@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Doug Rabson [dfr@FreeBSD.org] wrote: > > dfr 2001/04/05 03:28:56 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/boot/alpha/libalpha srmdisk.c > > Log: > > Don't call prom_open() multiple times. This confuses some versions of SRM > > and makes it impossible to boot from floppy and CD on some AlphaServer > > platforms. > > Sorry for the dumb question, but does this affect boot1, or just the > loader? This is just for the loader. The boot1 code calls prom_open and prom_close directly instead of using the FS support code in libstand. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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