> > Plus, adding RTAS support also wins us nvram access and the ability to
> > beep. :)
> 
> Well, the problem is that we're also supposed to shut things down when
> we're running, by quiescing OF. As I understand it, THAT requirement
> shoots down nvram access and beeping. :-(

No, no. That's the whole point of RTAS: it gets you some of the useful
things you'd normally do through open firmware, but it's not open
firmware.

(It may be like the Alpha SRM as someone else said... I don't know
enough about Alphas to say.)

-- Dan