From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 4 20: 6: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.33.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB84153C7 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:06:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from lestat (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id UAA17602; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:05:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199912050405.UAA17602@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> To: tls@rek.tjls.com Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org, alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:05:16 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:46:18 -0500 Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > productive to waste it persuading DEC to release SRM for more platforms, > or to release the unmodified source code to a _current_ SRM, including > the PALcode. Or, Hell, just the PALcode for the various processor models, and the documentation necessary to implement console software (i.e. the interrupt routing goo for the various models that we need console software for). -- Jason R. Thorpe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message