Date: Tue, 22 Jul 97 18:29:00 -0700 From: "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd@pa.dec.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: cjs@portal.ca (Curt Sampson), dfr@nlsystems.com, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Its arrived Message-ID: <32530.869621340@dnaunix.pa.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Jul 97 17:10:10 PDT." <199707230010.RAA14515@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > > I installed the Linux/Alpha microcode diskette on my Alpha when I > > > first got it from OnSale (several months ago). It was required > > > for NetBSD. > > > > I'd be very suprised if the Linux PALcode works with NetBSD. NetBSD > > requires the Digital Unix/VMS PALcode. > > It does. I can guarantee it, since that is what I've been running > the NetBSD on. That depends on which platform you're running on, i'd guess. On a multia, i could believe that it works. On other platforms, e.g. eb64+ and eb164 (and other systems of the same systype, of course), I sincerely doubt that it would (because the Linux PALcode didn't implement PAL ops that the "real" OSF1 firmware requires the OS to use to maninipulate interrupt state). cgd
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