On Wed, 2004-09-08 01:31:29 -0400, Kumba <kumba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <413E9931.8060605@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Glenn Barry wrote: > >My question is about the possibility of someone helping out with > >modifying the O2's PROM to recognise the RM7900 CPU from PMC-Sierra. > > Modifying the binary is most assuredly way more difficult than gaining > access to ip32PROM source and modifying it directly (and solving license > issues). The level of change to the binary needed to make the ip32PROM I'd not bet my a** on that. Modifying the binary firmware has got a long, but rare, history. I remeber hacked PROM images for VAXen to support larger SCSI disks. As long as you don't require a detailled CPU detection, that should be possible. Hardcoding some values isn't all thaaat hard. Making it correctly (preserving the formerly running detection code for other CPUs) is a bit harder, of course :-) MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@xxxxxxxxxx . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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