[SunRescue] RE: Prom images for Sparcs :)

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devin at thecabal.org writes:

>On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:01:06PM -0600, Scott Newell wrote:

>> >Hmm...I think the issue would be space on the EPROM or how much more you
>> >could optimize the existing code to make space.  I don't know how much
> 
>> Looks like ~30k blank at the end of an ss2 2.9 prom.

>Blank space isn't the only issue you have to deal with.

>How much code is there that needs to read various info from the NVRAM
>and wouldn't know how to find it from the prom image?

You have the PROM routine write reasonable defaults into the NVRAM.
Dead NVRAMs work ok untill they're powered off, as far as I know. (My
ELC has a dead NVRAM chip. I just rewrite the values every time I boot
it. Works fine.)

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