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Date:      Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:50:20 -0800
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com>
Cc:        "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: horrible hack / SRM console 
Message-ID:  <199901081950.LAA06735@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:43:12 -0800 (PST) 
 Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com> wrote:

 >   A DEC employee told me otherwise but after searching the net it
 > appears your right.  I don't suppose you know a way to get SRM onto

The trick is a 164sx SRM exists.

 > XLT systems?  I've hearn unsuccessful stories of people trying to
 > flash axppci33 SRM into an XL system, but nothing for the 300mhz
 > XLTs.  And the few DEC people I've asked have said its unpossible
 > (possibly just meaning "unsupported").

The XL systems aren't AXPpci33s.  The interrupt model is different.  Yay DEC!

I.e. since there isn't an SRM for them, you can't install SRM on them.  An
SRM for a different systype just isn't going to work.  (Do the XL/XLT systems
_even have_ an OSF/1 systype?)

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