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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.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
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