Subject: Re: Sun-3X PROM versions?
To: None <gwr@NetBSD.ORG>
From: J. Maynard Gelinas <maynard@jmg.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 07/02/1998 13:38:26
    Hi Gordon,

    I've got a 3x with a prom revision of 2.92 I believe.  It's the box I 
pulled the CG4 from though, so I'll have to swap frame buffers from my working 
3x to verify the prom revision.  Can I do anything to help?

--jmg


> > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:25:32 -0400
> > From: <gwr@netbsd.org>
> [...] 
> > The good news is that the hack is gone, and netboot uses an
> > advertized function to get the ethernet address from the PROM.
> [ ... but requires PROM version 3.* on the Sun-3X. ]
> 
> Which reminds me:  Has anyone seen any Sun-3X hardware
> (Sun-3/80, Sun-3/470) with a PROM older than 3.0?
> 
> If you have one, please respond.  I might ask you to help me
> find out if it supports the sif->sif_macaddr() method.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gordon