On 6/25/10 1:33 PM, Doc Shipley 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.
Oh yes, brain-o. Thanks for the correction.
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.
I've removed (bootable) SCSI cards from Macs and stuck them in Suns
many times, and they've been bootable. The Fcode boot structures are
very consistent from what I've seen. (I've looked)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL