>is there any merit in re-writing the ROMs?  or is that an undertaking that
>nobody is will to do?
>
>ok, let's assume we can find someone who will re-write the ROMs (i know some
>really impressive microcode people, but sadly they know nothing about actual
>computers since they deal mainly with integrated devices.
>

The ROM is not microcode. Just assembly-language for either 68K or PPC.

>anyway, back to our assumption (people to do it), what would be the best way
>to do it?  NetBSD doesn't really even use the ROMs right?  so why not make
>a ROM that does nothing but put us in 32-bit mode (which may be automatic
>with new ROMs) and then looks on the SCSI bus for a NetBSD kernel?

On most Macs, the ROM is SOLDERED to the motherboard (the IIx is an
exception, because Apple was planning to replace it with a 32-bit clean
one, but never got around to it)

Dan Killoran


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