From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 1 13:08:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20554 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:08:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20501 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:08:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA02374; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:09:27 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:09:27 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Jason Thorpe cc: Terry Lambert , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation In-Reply-To: <199806011947.MAA28239@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Jason Thorpe wrote: > 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 :-) I haven't even bothered reading that chapter of the book... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message