Subj : Re: Synchronet can maybe.
To   : Digital Man
From : Deuce
Date : Tue Aug 02 2005 03:36 pm

  Re: Re: Synchronet can maybe.
  By: Digital Man to Deuce on Tue Aug 02 2005 12:59:00

 >  > Well, OpenFirmware isn't realy part of the OS.  Solaris/SPARC systems hav
 >  > same thing.
 > 
 > This was a Mac-specific ROM, but yeah, you're right, it's not part of the OS
 > (just like the PC BIOS is not part of Windows). But unlike a PC, this ROM wa
 > an integral part of the debugging process for Mac device drivers. <shrug>

Hrm... never heard of a PCI Mac that didn't use OpenFirmware, so we may be
talking about different things.

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html

Has some nice OF examples.

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