Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:09:27 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980601210901.2250B-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199806011947.MAA28239@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Jason Thorpe wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:07:36 +0100 (BST) > Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote: > > > Again, I am not using NT palcode. When I write it, the ARC bootloader > > will switch to OSF palcode before running the kernel. > > And, in fact, you would not be able to use the NT PALcode, really. The > functionality provided by the NT PALcode is really out in space, and makes > the Alpha look way too much like a MIPS for my taste :-) I haven't even bothered reading that chapter of the book... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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