From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 1 12:59:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18268 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:59:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18235 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:59:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA28239; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:47:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806011947.MAA28239@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Doug Rabson Cc: Terry Lambert , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 12:47:42 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:07:36 +0100 (BST) Doug Rabson wrote: > Again, I am not using NT palcode. When I write it, the ARC bootloader > will switch to OSF palcode before running the kernel. And, in fact, you would not be able to use the NT PALcode, really. The functionality provided by the NT PALcode is really out in space, and makes the Alpha look way too much like a MIPS for my taste :-) Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 428 6939 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message