Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 22:21:27 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" <andre@pipeline.ch> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation Message-ID: <3575B047.CA3A1D46@pipeline.ch> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980603201711.421A-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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Doug Rabson wrote: -snip- > 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. Alpha has no BIOS in the 'Intel/PC' sense. What you need is the SROM, it contains the power-up and initial bootstrap code. There's a complete SKD avail. with SROM Mini-Debugger and all the stuff you need: http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/mbsdkpb.pdf -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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