Date: Fri, 09 Oct 98 16:25:44 PDT From: David Seifert <seifert@sequent.com> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PALcode Message-ID: <199810092325.QAA07824@eng4.sequent.com>
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>> The fact that the ARC or AlphaBIos console doesn't include PALcode that's >> UNIX-friendly is the issue. The SRM console image includes VMS and OSF/1 >> PALcode; NetBSd uses the OSF/1 PALcode. The ARC console includes Windows NT >> PALcode; Linux hacks around this by including its own PALcode in MILO. > > Isn't this more of a case of us running a UNIX that isn't ARC PALcode > friendly? No. The PALcode customises the machine for a particular OS. That is the whole point of the PALcode. There is PALcode for Unix, PALcode for VMS, and PALcode for NT. Similar deal with the console software. SRM for VMS and Unix, ARC or AlphaBIOS for NT. ARC cannot read a BSD disklabel. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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