From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 7 23:20:35 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 23:20:33 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A74937B401 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:20:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 144HpW-0001XH-00; Fri, 08 Dec 2000 07:20:31 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB87K8n05146; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:20:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:20:08 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: Mike Eldridge , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lynx test / 2nd attempt Message-ID: <20001208082008.B4410@freebie.demon.nl> References: <200012080242.TAA01635@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200012080242.TAA01635@usr08.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:42:42AM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:42:42AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Zero, without access to SRM sources. > > > > Gee, Mike, that's quite a lashing tongue you have. :) > > > > What's to stop anyone from writing their own SRM? Reverse engineering? > > Is it against the license? Does SRM even have a license? > > Mike's always a bit terse; don't hold it against him. > > The main problem is that you have to have different firmware > for different machines. The Linux MILO stuff uses a beta > version of a firmware for which sources are available, but That is the PAL code, not the SRM. PAL code dating back from some Evaluation Board when DEC was heavily promoting the then new Alpha CPU. PALcode != microcode BTW -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org 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