Subject: port-macppc/9372: macppc should have eeprom(8)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@digital.clock.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/08/2000 00:49:46
>Number: 9372
>Category: port-macppc
>Synopsis: macppc should have eeprom(8)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-macppc-maintainer (NetBSD/macppc Portmaster)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 8 00:48:00 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Erik E. Fair
>Organization:
International Organization of Internet Clock Watchers
>Release: 1.4.1
>Environment:
System: NetBSD digital.clock.org 1.4.2_ALPHA NetBSD 1.4.2_ALPHA (DIGITAL) #10: Mon Jan 10 22:38:56 PST 2000 fair@doomsday.clock.org:/usr/obj/sys/arch/alpha/compile/DIGITAL alpha
>Description:
The eeprom(8) command, as seen in the sun3 and sparc{,64}
ports is not built for macppc. It should be because macppc
has both some "parameter RAM" and OpenFirmware which this
command can be modified to read and manipulate.
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