Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc/sys/dev/microcode/cyclades-z
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 08/13/2001 06:31:58
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:21:25PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> Hm? It's intended to show up with the what(1) command in a NetBSD
> kernel? Why is it so special when nothing else in the system is? (E.g.,
> ipf used to have @(#) strings too, but they were taken out for the
> same reason.)
Yes, it's intended that the Cyclades-Z firmware version number
show up in a what(1), and also note you are actually modifying
the firmware image. Did you consider that the firmware might
perform a checksum on itself? Do you have a Cyclades-Z board
with which you can test this change?
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>