On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:47:37AM +0100, Andrea Cocito wrote:
> I mean that I can't believe that Apple writes the firmware on the
> flash/nvram/whatever before soldering it on the motherboard, and when
> my poor G4 did come back "repaired" they neither had changed the MB
> nor had replaced any chip... in some way they just reflashed the bios.

How do you know they didn't replace any chips?

Maybe they have extra pads that allow them to use a hardware probe
(similar to JTAG).  So they would need external hardware -- rather
than using some hidden software/hardware -- but they wouldn't have
to unsolder anything.

And I still need to know if the kernel was designed to return to OF.

-- Derek

P.S.  Please don't Cc: me, it only creates extra mail.