Date: 11 Oct 1999 12:34:07 -0700 From: cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-alpha mailing list) Subject: Re: DEC3000/400 SRM bootp overview Message-ID: <87ln9966a8.fsf@redmail.netbsd.org> In-Reply-To: Wilko Bulte's message of Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:13:49 %2B0200 (CEST) References: <199910111913.VAA01776@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> writes: > * SRM 7.0 (latest available revision) > - does not do BOOTP correctly, "? T_ERR_NI - RECEIVE_TIMEOUT" > - this rev is useless for bootp network boot > > * SRM 6.9 > - does not do BOOTP correctly, "? T_ERR_NI - RECEIVE_TIMEOUT" > - this rev is useless for bootp network boot There are similar issues with some versions of the firmware for 3000/300 models, too. I ran into them when I was developing the NetBSD/alpha code at CMU. I/we pushed on it a bit with various contacts that we had at DEC, and it came back that apparently the SRM folks said that it was due to a "hardware problem"... never mind that previous revisions of the firmware worked fine. "stupid, stupid, stupid." cgd -- Chris Demetriou - cgd@netbsd.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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