Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 01:29:15 -0500 (EST) From: woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) To: port-alpha@netbsd.org, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) Message-ID: <m11uVAZ-000g6HC@most.weird.com> In-Reply-To: <199912050441.UAA18061@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> References: <199912050441.UAA18061@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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[ On Saturday, December 4, 1999 at 20:41:01 (-0800), Jason Thorpe wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) > > Ah! But it's not microcode! :-) > > It's written in the same instructions that you and I as appliation > and kernel developers write code in, plus a few that can only be > executed while in the PAL mode (PAL == Privileged Architecture Library; > it runs in a separate privilege level even higher than kernel privilege). Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou! I've been brain-stuck on the thought that "PAL" had something to do with programmable array logic! Silly me! ;-) -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <gwoods@acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods@planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods@weird.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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