Subject: Re: Sun-3X PROM versions?
To: None <gwr@NetBSD.ORG>
From: J. Maynard Gelinas <maynard@jmg.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 07/02/1998 13:38:26
Hi Gordon,
I've got a 3x with a prom revision of 2.92 I believe. It's the box I
pulled the CG4 from though, so I'll have to swap frame buffers from my working
3x to verify the prom revision. Can I do anything to help?
--jmg
> > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:25:32 -0400
> > From: <gwr@netbsd.org>
> [...]
> > The good news is that the hack is gone, and netboot uses an
> > advertized function to get the ethernet address from the PROM.
> [ ... but requires PROM version 3.* on the Sun-3X. ]
>
> Which reminds me: Has anyone seen any Sun-3X hardware
> (Sun-3/80, Sun-3/470) with a PROM older than 3.0?
>
> If you have one, please respond. I might ask you to help me
> find out if it supports the sif->sif_macaddr() method.
>
> Thanks,
> Gordon