Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:46:29 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> Cc: Gerald Heinig <heinig@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>, paipai@tin.it, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Read this... Message-ID: <3783BCA5.5DAC485B@softweyr.com> References: <199907070447.OAA74556@atdot.dotat.org>
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Mark Newton wrote:
>
> Gerald Heinig wrote:
>
> > So far, an intensive (and increasingly expensive) search of www.sun.com,
> > docs.sun.com and access1.sun.com hasn't yielded anything that comes
> > close to what I'd call a technical reference manual. There are two
> > options open, as far as I can see: open up my Sun, look at all the stuff
> > inside, get its part no. and get the info for it (if it's available),
> > or, ask someone at NetBSD.org how they did it.
> > Option 2 is somewhat unsatisfying, since they must have got their info
> > from somewhere...
>
> I think you'll find that they got it by opening up their Suns, looking
> at all the stuff in side, getting its part no., and getting the info for it.
What, you guys don't consider schematics to be documentation? Sheesh,
you should try working as an embedded programmer, using ASICs made by
your own company where the only existing documentation on ANYTHING is
the VHDL source...
Wimps. ;^)
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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