Thanks.. would it be possible to add a link to the NVRAM/Hostid
	FAQ from the NetBSD/sparc webpage?

		David/absolute

 ( Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock )

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Todd Vierling wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 06:34:52 -0500 (EST)
> From: Todd Vierling <tv@NetBSD.ORG>
> To: abs@mono.org
> Cc: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: port-sparc/4823: Dead eeprom screws ethernet on sparc
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 abs@mono.org wrote:
> 
> : >Synopsis:       Dead eeprom screws ethernet on sparc
> 
> Please see the "Sun NVRAM/Hostid FAQ", available at:
> 
> http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
> 
> For the short-short version, if your NVRAM battery is dead, you can do the
> following to resurrect it until power-off, at the PROM prompt: 
> 
> > n (go to new command mode if necessary)
> ok 0 f mkp
> ok 8 0 20 AA BB CC AABBCC mkpl
> ^D^R
> ok
> 
> AA, BB, and CC are octets of your choosing.  ^D^R is Ctrl-D Ctrl-R.  If you
> get a Sun copyright notice instead of just `ok' after the mkpl, chang the
> `0 f mkp' to `1 f mkp' and try again.
> 
> I'll be closing this PR now.  This is not something appropriate for patching
> the kernel, as an invalid IDPROM can cause you other troubles and you
> _should_ fix it at the PROM prompt and not in the kernel.
> 
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