From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 8 13:27:47 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 13:27:46 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-176-64.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E527A37B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:27:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB8LawF02237; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:36:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012082136.eB8LawF02237@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Terry Lambert Cc: diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 21:20:31 GMT." <200012082120.OAA23292@usr01.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:36:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > The most useful thing I see coming out of this is that people > with Adaptec Controllers get paid to do the loader work on the > AlphaBIOS, and the loader is known to work. Why? Why not just push Compaq to bring back the already-extant SRM support for Adaptec controllers into their other SRM families? > Given that the SRM is confiremed to not zero memory on a warm > boot, I think switching the code is a viable approach. It's a > bit difficult, but it has a pay-off for Adaptec owners with SRM > machines that can't otherwise boot off the controllers. It's a pointless exercise, and a waste of valuable time. There are much more important things that could be done on the Alpha than this. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message