Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 17:36:53 -0500 From: Greg Johnson <gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) Message-ID: <19991204173653.A16642@physics.clarku.edu> In-Reply-To: <199912040856.JAA55993@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 09:56:34AM %2B0100 References: <199912032321.SAA17064@ghost.whirlpool.com> <199912040856.JAA55993@yedi.iaf.nl>
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On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 09:56:34AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > As Andrew Gillham wrote ... > > Lord Isildur writes: > > > > > [...] > > > > > > certainly, if anyone _needs_ to use BSD with MILO for some strange > > > reason, it'd be better to modify MILO than BSD. > > Wasn't there a problem with the PALcode that ARC brings you? > (memory is dim here..) MILO provides its own PALcode. > > > Ok, stupid question.. Is it possible to build a 'boot' for NetBSD that > > can be loaded by MILO, and have this boot then load the kernel? Rather > > than hacking MILO to load the kernel directly, or hacking the kernel to > > be loadable directly? After all, isn't 'boot' responsible for reading in > > the kernel, and starting it? The differences between SRM devices and MILO > > devices should be hidden from the kernel. > > > > For the average Joe, using the ARC/AlphaBIOS menus to setup booting Linux > > and/or BSD, etc isn't so bad. Also, the ARC console can boot from some > > NCR controllers that the SRM can't, etc. Hmm, I wonder if the ARC firmware > > Most/some ARC's (??) can also handle an Adaptec 2940[UW] card. > > > supports additional video cards also? > > On some machines yes. For example my Miata accepts video cards while in > ARC that it does not (unless you pci_device_override) in SRM. Which makes > me wonder why the Pyxis bug is not relevant to NT BTW. What's the Pyxis bug? > > Wilko -- Greg Johnson gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu http://physics.clarku.edu/~gjohnson finger for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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