From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 4 19:57:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from opus.cirr.com (opus.cirr.com [192.67.63.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE901513C for ; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:57:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@cirr.com) Received: from cirr.com (IDENT:eric@egsner.cirr.com [192.67.63.1]) by opus.cirr.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA09882; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:53:33 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199912050353.VAA09882@opus.cirr.com> From: eric@cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) To: port-alpha@netbsd.org, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SRM firmware now available for AlphaPC64 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 03 Dec 1999 09:16:19 CST." Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 21:53:32 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eric Schnoebelen writes: - I received the following message from Compaq yesterday. They have - made the SRM firmware for the PC64 available without requiring - the purchase of the Firmware Developer's kit. - - In checking the referenced directory, it _appears_ to be a new - build, although I haven't had a chance to test it.. I have now installed the PC64SRM.ROM image, and can confirm it is (slightly) newer than the edition provided on the EBSDK CD. The banners before and after upgrading SRM on the PC64: Before: Digital AlphaPC 64 274 MHz Console V4.5-5, Aug 2 1996 18:17:44 >>>fwupdate After: Digital AlphaPC 64 274 MHz Console V4.8-1, Feb 20 1997 14:29:41 >>> -- Eric Schnoebelen eric@cirr.com http://www.cirr.com Have you ever noticed that the people who are always trying to tell you, "There's a time for work and a time for play," never find the time for play To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message