Hi all,
I've checked out the Sun OpenBOOT code they provided, and gotten a
little lost. I was curious if anyone else has reviewed or built the
firmware?
I've found the two key Makefiles:
./obp/arch/sun4v/ontario/release/Makefile
./tools/Makefile
I figured out that a 'make' from the latter works on building the tools
for constructing the firmware, while the former uses them to build a
firmware image. I've gotten stuck trying to build this since it causes a
SIGSEGV in libc on my Ultra60. Would anyone else be interested if I
start trying to patch it to have debug symbols and use gcc as well as
Oracle Solaris Studio (SUNWpro)?
Nathan
Hi,
How can I know if a partition is securely a PReP partition? Besides
check the partition type (41), is there another test that I can do to
confirm that?
At the page bellow are two other codes used for the same code of PReP (41):
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html
41 Linux/MINIX (sharing disk with DRDOS)
41 Personal RISC Boot
41 PPC PReP (Power PC Reference Platform) Boot
What kind of checks can I do? Can I use the partition size or if it's
the first of the disk as parameters to check it?
Thanks,
Paulo Flabiano Smorigo
Linux Technology Center Brazil Software Engineer
IBM Systems & Technology Group
