Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:55:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <200012082155.OAA24764@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <200012082136.eB8LawF02237@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from "Mike Smith" at Dec 08, 2000 01:36:58 PM
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> > 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. I think working on non-SRM is probably top of the list; there are still people manufacturing Alpha equipment that doesn't have, and will never have SRM, right? Or do you thik pushing Compaq will work? Like I said elsewhere, I think there is a legal barrier to them doing this, because of a contract with Microsoft. 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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