[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Sure, you could burn a DOC or a Flash with an ISA or PCI card. M-Systems makes an ISA card just for DOC development like this. It just costs $50 or so. There are many ISA and PCI socketed Flash cards on the market as well for flat or boot block type flash. The current /dev/bios code only supports DOC Millenium at this time. Wasn't David Woodhouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]>">[EMAIL PROTECTED]) working on expanding this to more options?I am looking at the latest /dev/bios code and it occurred to me,
rather than swapping chips with the power on, couldn't any PCI
card with a 32pin flash socket be used instead? Even an ISA one
could be used.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Ethernet cards generally don't offer you the ability to program a Flash device. If yours does, please let me know which one it isI have an intel 8/16 bit ISA ethernet with such a
socket,
as well as a Tulip based PCI ethernet card.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">M-Systems makes a DOC-DIMM 2000 in a 144-pin DIMM. There are also Flash DIMMs available from many other sources in standard flat memory as well.Also, aside from requiring a card plugged into board (not feasible on
1U rack systems), it would allow switching to protected mode from the
factory 128kB flash part, simultaneously accessing the DOC. (PCI
setup would be required if ROM is on PCI card)
Also, aren't there DOC's that fit in DIMM sockets?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Same approach should be possible. (leave factory flash part in) Then there's no IPL size
limit.
Bari
