25 Jun
2010
25 Jun
'10
5:33 p.m.
On 6/25/10 10:36 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Not a "SPARC ROM", but a standard
OpenBoot ROM. They are
platform-independent.
Ah, no. The OpenFirmware standard is platform independent. OpenBoot
is Sun's implementation of that standard. There are quite a few
platforms that use OpenFirmware, including SPARC, several generations of
Apple Macs, and most of the IBM POWER systems. Adapters firmwared for
one platform will often function on the others, but rarely boot. In
fact, I can't think of any that will, outside of ethernet adapters.
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