From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 8 13:56:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 13:56:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3A237B401; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:56:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA24286; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:53:55 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAe4aqvV; Fri Dec 8 14:53:46 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA24764; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:55:59 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200012082155.OAA24764@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:55:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200012082136.eB8LawF02237@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from "Mike Smith" at Dec 08, 2000 01:36:58 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: tlambert@usr01.primenet.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. 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