>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> writes:

Ken> It's also worth pointing out that EEPROMS eventually lose the
Ken> charge that keeps the data on the chip.  I've seen this time
Ken> measured in 10+ years.  I often wonder if EEPROMS in older
Ken> machines will eventually bit rot and need to be replaced.

	Our Sun3 is certainly approaching that age.  The Sun4 will get
there quickly.  Are compatible chips still available?  I can imagine
that the kernel would have a lot of trouble booting with a bad chip
(or a newly installed chip).

	Do you think it would be valueable to look at a way to make
the kernel ignore these values for some hardcoded in ufsboot?

Dave.

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