[SunRescue] RE: Prom images for Sparcs :)

[Mike Hebel]

>>Funny, I was thinking last night it might be cool to patch the prom to
>>bypass a dead NVRAM.  Burn in a default hostid, boot device, and whatever
>>else is needed to get it up and running.  I wonder if it's even feasible,
>>or where you'd get docs...

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
unutilized space, if any, is on the existing PROMs.  Otherwise it _should_
be possible - I mean you would just have to hang it onto the bad NVRAM error
routine.  Now the only issue is that if more than one system comes up with a
bad NVRAM then you'll get duplicate MAC addresses on your local network
which is a Bad Thing(tm).

Mike Hebel