Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:36:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <200012082136.eB8LawF02237@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 21:20:31 GMT." <200012082120.OAA23292@usr01.primenet.com>
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> The most useful thing I see coming out of this is that people
> with Adaptec Controllers get paid to do the loader work on the
> AlphaBIOS, and the loader is known to work.
Why? Why not just push Compaq to bring back the already-extant SRM
support for Adaptec controllers into their other SRM families?
> Given that the SRM is confiremed to not zero memory on a warm
> boot, I think switching the code is a viable approach. It's a
> bit difficult, but it has a pay-off for Adaptec owners with SRM
> machines that can't otherwise boot off the controllers.
It's a pointless exercise, and a waste of valuable time. There are much
more important things that could be done on the Alpha than this.
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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