Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:20:08 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lynx test / 2nd attempt Message-ID: <20001208082008.B4410@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <200012080242.TAA01635@usr08.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:42:42AM %2B0000 References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012061752340.27008-100000@mail.cafes.net> <200012080242.TAA01635@usr08.primenet.com>
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:42:42AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Zero, without access to SRM sources. > > > > Gee, Mike, that's quite a lashing tongue you have. :) > > > > What's to stop anyone from writing their own SRM? Reverse engineering? > > Is it against the license? Does SRM even have a license? > > Mike's always a bit terse; don't hold it against him. > > The main problem is that you have to have different firmware > for different machines. The Linux MILO stuff uses a beta > version of a firmware for which sources are available, but That is the PAL code, not the SRM. PAL code dating back from some Evaluation Board when DEC was heavily promoting the then new Alpha CPU. PALcode != microcode BTW -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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