From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Jan 22 00:22:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07830 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:22:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elbereth.hss.hns.com (kchowksey.hss.hns.com [139.85.242.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07792 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:21:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kch@elbereth.hss.hns.com) Received: (from kch@localhost) by elbereth.hss.hns.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) id NAA02202; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:50:40 +0530 (IST) (envelope-from kch) From: Kapil Chowksey MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13992.13527.799936.556898@elbereth.hss.hns.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:50:39 +0530 (IST) To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Need sparc openboot reference In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.63 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 22 January, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Searching through http://docs.sun.com i'm having a hard time finding a > reference on how to interact with the sparc 'BIOS'. > > can anyone give me a url (specific) or recommend a book that details this? I recommend buying `Writing Open Firmware Client Programs' from http://www.firmworks.com Easier is to look at /usr/include/sys/openprom.h on your Solaris machine. > since i have a 170/e and not a regular 170 (usparc) it's not booting > netbsd correctly, i need to find out why. I am looking at netbsd/linux The reason for that is the `zs' chip is not being mapped at boot time by your PROM. You can workaround this by using `iomap' family of Forth commands before you boot. -- Kapil Chowksey "Viva GNU !" kch@kchowksey@hss.hns.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message