From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 6 14:51:34 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 14:51:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4961337B400; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:51:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA29925; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:49:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAA6layA6; Wed Dec 6 15:49:02 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA25961; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:51:16 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200012062251.PAA25961@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Lynx test / 2nd attempt To: wkb@freebie.demon.nl (Wilko Bulte) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 22:51:15 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), msmith@freebsd.org (Mike Smith), freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20001206234557.A3309@freebie.demon.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Dec 06, 2000 11:45:57 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: tlambert@usr08.primenet.com Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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