Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:42:31 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108134147.01d5da70@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <20030108011823.GF1877@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@127.0.0.1> <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@127.0.0.1>
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At 12:18 8/01/2003, Peter Jeremy sent this up the stick: >On 2003-Jan-08 11:56:31 +1100, Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > >At 03:03 8/01/2003, Wilko Bulte sent this up the stick: > >>And in some cases you have to make sure you have the right SRM console > >>firmware version. For some revs netbooting was broken. > > > >OK ... this worries me. What is the "right version"? I'm running - from > >memory - 3.8 (whatever is the latest publically available) > >The latest Multia SRM version (3.8.3) is "partially broken". It fits >midway between the `old' and `new' boot styles and needs a patch to >netboot make it work: The SRM is broken enough to need the MAC address >explicitly included in netbbinfo, but call to prom_read() in >prom_get() _does_ need to specify the receiving structure size (ie the >broken_firmware test is not needed). There's an open PR on this but >I don't have the number handy. > >If you can't recompile netboot yourself, I can send you a binary >with instructions for patching it with your MAC address. If you could send the binary, that would be good. Thanks! Rob -- What's blue and square? An orange in disguise... This is random quote 1193 of a collection of 1269 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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