[OpenBIOS] Latest SPARC64 & Milax update

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Stefan Reinauer wrote:

> I don't think that's the right approach, because the code in Milax seems
> to be what's not standard conform here. It relies on an implementation
> specific detail of SUN's OFW.
> 
> IEEE 1275-1994 says:
>> Thus, they cannot be accessed at fixed locations, but instead must be
> accessed by name. Users can access them by name using printenv and setenv.
> 
> Note there is no mentioning of any specific data type for configuration
> variables anywhere in 7.4.4.1. Milax assumes that load-base is a value
> (not a variable), hence the "to".

Alas it seems this is still present in OpenSolaris too :(  I'm guessing 
they should be using "printenv", right?

> I suggest as a workaround for this particular bug in Milax to add
> something like the following code at the end of nvram.fs:
> 
>>  load-base value load-base
> 
> This will leave the environment variable "load-base" intact for the use
> in the standard conform way and create a shadow value that will be used
> by Milax. This shadow value will be initialized with the initial value
> of load-base.

Nice hack ;) At least now the Fcode finishes execution, but it doesn't 
seem to load anything from the ramdisk.


ATB,

Mark.

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