Subject: Re: Install guides (was Re: HI JASON, WELCOME TO OPEN FIRMWARE!)
To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/16/2005 12:13:05
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:33:59PM -0500, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 08:01:29AM -0800, Michael Wolfson wrote:
> > > Well, the key thing would be for NetBSD (and in particular sysinst) t=
o=20
> > > be able to read and write to OF.
> >=20
> > I thought it could - at least, there is a OF_read and OF_write in bootx=
x.c..

> bootxx does in fact modify load-base and/or real-base. But I guess

Huh? Where does it do that?

> Michael was talking about a userland tool running under NetBSD to modify
> OF settings, like eeprom does on sparc/sparc64.

Take care,

Bill

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