Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:18:38 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org> Cc: Alpha List <alpha@freebsd.org>, "Daniel J. Frasnelli" <dfrasnel@csee.wvu.edu> Message-ID: <33412.924905918@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:36:49 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904231331130.31690-100000@talisman.mv.com>
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> I just talked with one of our engineers here about the docs/SDK > etc... for AlphaBIOS. Evidently there is no documentation for AlphaBIOS, > the docs being the source itself, the problem being that parts of the > source were written/are copyrighted by Microsoft. So in order to get those > you'd have to sign an NDA with MS. Not good. Grumble. That's quite unfortunate. :( Thanks for letting me know, in any case. > The EBSDK is available from Compaq (1-800-Digital) for $79, the license of > that seems to be fairly liberal (even BSD like I've been told). This > includes the PAL code and documentation, between this and the sources to > MILO > you should be able to construct you're own boot loader (so I've been > told). EBSDK? I'm afraid I don't know the term - is this a fancier name for ARC, or are we talking about ARC and AlphaBIOS in the same breath in paragragh 1? I only know of 3 BIOS alternatives, that being ARC/AlphaBIOS and SRM, and since we already support SRM that basically leaves the other two (one? I'm not sure if ARC is deprecated) as targets. This is especially painful in light of the Samsung decision to go with AlphaBIOS on its newer boards. If EBSDK would indeed be of some help here, do you have a part number? I dread just cold-calling 1-800-Digital and navigating the PBX maze without a map. :) Thanks! - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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