Re: Magnum hardware questions

[Wayne Knowles <wdk%NetBSD.ORG@localhost>]

On 28 Aug 2000, Nathan J. Williams wrote:

> > The procedure for doing this on a sun can be found in the port-mips
> > archive:
> > 
> >   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-mips/2000/07/30/0002.html
> > 
> > I will transfer this to the FAQ section shortly.  There is also some more
> > info I wish to add.
> 
> I saw that. It'd be nice to know what the other bytes in that sequence
> are. Also, the boot messages indicated an invalid checksum; it would
> be nice to know how to generate a correct checksum for a different MAC
> address.

So far I have not stumbled across the necessary information on where the
checksum is located, what type it is (8bit or 16 bit, add or exor)
and over what address range.   It can be reverse engineered but it would
take quite a bit of time playing around.

Wayne