Hi Vincent, On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:04:22AM +0100, Vincent Stehlé wrote: > Is there a way to get/set PROM variables under Linux ? Not for IP22. > I have an indigo2 with no display, and setting the variables without > reverting to the monitor through the serial line would be very handy. If you pull out the graphics board the machine will switch to the serial line. > As I doubt there is currently a solution, I was thinking about > implementing this as a /proc subdir. What do you think ? What about multiple files in /proc/arcs which have the PROM variables as name and its value as contents? When doing this I'd write into the NVRAM directly instead of using the Arcs functions, I think the necessary info is in the IRIX headers. Regards, -- Guido
