Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 09:21:08 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation Message-ID: <199805301621.JAA06062@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 May 1998 11:50:41 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980530114705.15699Z-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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> Does anyone know if there is documentation available for the ARC or > AlphaBIOS boot sequence? In particular, what services does the firmware > provide to the bootstrap program (e.g. linload.exe). Alternatively, does > anyone know where I can find the source code to linload.exe? The Linux ARC bootloader is a cut-down Linux kernel. Last I talked to anyone about it, it used almost none of the ARC services, rather it just banged directly on the hardware. I think the Linux-Mips ARC bootloader is similar. > Sigh. I should have read more source code while I was at Microsoft :-). 8) Would they have let you at something like that anyway? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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