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Date:      Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:31:44 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha srmdisk.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104081329490.37039-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010405104048.B98807@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

> Doug Rabson [dfr@FreeBSD.org] wrote:
> > dfr         2001/04/05 03:28:56 PDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/boot/alpha/libalpha srmdisk.c
> >   Log:
> >   Don't call prom_open() multiple times. This confuses some versions of SRM
> >   and makes it impossible to boot from floppy and CD on some AlphaServer
> >   platforms.
>
> Sorry for the dumb question, but does this affect boot1, or just the
> loader?

This is just for the loader. The boot1 code calls prom_open and prom_close
directly instead of using the FS support code in libstand.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
					Phone: +44 20 8348 6160



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