Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 22:51:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: wkb@freebie.demon.nl (Wilko Bulte) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), msmith@freebsd.org (Mike Smith), freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lynx test / 2nd attempt Message-ID: <200012062251.PAA25961@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20001206234557.A3309@freebie.demon.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Dec 06, 2000 11:45:57 PM
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> > Since the controller is recognized by the AlphaBIOS, I wonder if > > it is possible to load stuff into RAM with the AlphaBIOS, and > > then switch to the SRM, without disturbing the memory image? > > I *think* SRM zeros the RAM for you. And in most cases you have to > powercycle to switch from ARC/AlphaBIOS to SRM. That sucks. > > What are the chances of using the x86 emulator for video cards > > to do the initialization job for SCSI cards? > > How do you want to convince the SRM to do that for non-VGA cards? Uh... Tell it that I have an Adaptec video card? 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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