Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 08:49:29 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, dfrasnel@csee.wvu.edu Subject: EBSDK Message-ID: <199904232249.IAA15216@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <33412.924905918@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Apr 23, 1999 3:18:38 pm"
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > EBSDK? I'm afraid I don't know the term - is this a fancier name for > ARC, or are we talking about ARC and AlphaBIOS in the same breath in > paragragh 1? I only know of 3 BIOS alternatives, that being > ARC/AlphaBIOS and SRM, and since we already support SRM that basically > leaves the other two (one? I'm not sure if ARC is deprecated) as > targets. This is especially painful in light of the Samsung decision > to go with AlphaBIOS on its newer boards. > > If EBSDK would indeed be of some help here, do you have a part number? > I dread just cold-calling 1-800-Digital and navigating the PBX maze > without a map. :) The EBSDK (Evaluation Board Software Development Kit) was available from the OEM sales group in the old Digital. It was intended as an example implementation that designers could use as a starting point for a new board design. Looking in an old OEM catalog (dated 1994), the part number for the EB64+ design kit was 21A02-11. The description for this part number is... "EB64+ DECchip 61064 (275 MHz) PCI Design Kit (contains only documentation and schematics, no board) for OSF/1 and Windows NT." The list of features contains... "Software support includes industry-standard 512 Kbyte UVPROM containing debug monitor code. Source code listing for all software (including SROM, boot diagnostic ROM montitor) are provided. The monitor provides functions such as file load; read and write memory and registers; memory dump image; transfer control to program; and breakpoints." and further down... "Development code can be developed on a host system and loaded into the EB64+ through the serail line or Ethernet port". There should be a later product like this. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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