Subject: Re: Cleaning up {GENERIC,INSTALL}32IP{2,3}x
To: None <port-sgimips@NetBSD.org>
From: Steve Rumble <rumble@ephemeral.org>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 12/09/2003 20:30:34
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:44:54AM +0900, Christopher SEKIYA wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 02:30:41AM +0200, Ilpo Ruotsalainen wrote:
> 
> > Btw. what's the deal with dsclock/dpclock on IP2x?
> 
> SGI, in their infinite wisdom, used the dp8573a on the ip20 and the ds1286
> on the ip22.  The chips are, of course, not compatible.

dp8573a is also on the IP6 and IP12. ds1286 includes nvram.
Despite this feature, SGI still utilised a stand alone nvram
on Indigo^2s until they wised up with the Indy.

Steve