From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Apr 9 1: 6:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from postino.fi.infn.it (postino.fi.infn.it [192.84.145.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FB637B43C for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 01:06:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it) Received: from nikita.fi.infn.it (nikita.fi.infn.it [192.84.146.189]) by postino.fi.infn.it (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3988RR43700; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:08:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:06:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Riccardo Veraldi X-Sender: To: Wilko Bulte Cc: Subject: Re: PALcode firmware In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I apologize in advance for my stupid questio nbut I am really new to FreeBSD/Alpha. I was used to Digital Unix. the alpha porting on FreeBSD is totally a 64 bit porting like NetBSD/alpha ?? thanks Rick On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:45:51 GMT > From: Wilko Bulte > To: Riccardo Veraldi , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: PALcode firmware > > > > > Hello I have a PALcode which I think is very early, dated the year of > > release of my AlphaStation 255. Do I have to upgrade the firmware console > > or may I keep the one I have ?? > > In general it is advisable to keep reasonably current with your console > firmware. Updates are created by Compaq engineering to fix problems etc. > For Tru64 the SRM upgrades are mandatory in a lot of cases. > > > P.S. can I Eventually upgrade the firmware safely after I install FreeBSD ? > > Yes, you can > > Wilko > -- > | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org > http://www.nlfug.nl > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message