Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:18:48 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: IBS / Andre Oppermann <andre@pipeline.ch> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980603201711.421A-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <35747853.60DFED19@pipeline.ch>
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On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, IBS / Andre Oppermann wrote: > Doug Rabson wrote: > > > > 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? > > There's a nice documentation of the Alpha PALcode on > http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html > > Or you can directly order the EBSDK and get the source for the PALcode. > > The SRM Consle doc describes the bootsprapping process of an Alpha > system. > > And so on... I have read most of these documents and I understand the SRM console's bootstrap process fairly well. What I need to understand is the AlphaBIOS bootstrap process which is far less well documented. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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