From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jun 3 13:22:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23642 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 13:22:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.pipeline.ch (freefall.pipeline.ch [195.134.128.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23559; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 13:22:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre@pipeline.ch) Received: from pipeline.ch ([195.134.128.41]) by freefall.pipeline.ch (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA306; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 22:20:49 +0200 Message-ID: <3575B047.CA3A1D46@pipeline.ch> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 22:21:27 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Rabson CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaBIOS documentation References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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