From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (971110.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id MAA507933 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:52:40 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id MAA27221 for linux-list; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:49:53 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id MAA27214 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:49:51 -0800 Received: from rachael.franken.de (rachael.franken.de [193.175.24.38]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id MAA15319 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:49:49 -0800 env-from (rachael.franken.de!hub-fue!alpha.franken.de!tsbogend) Received: from hub-fue by rachael.franken.de via rmail with uucp id for cthulhu.engr.sgi.com!linux; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:49:44 +0100 (MET) (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #4 built DST-Sep-8) Received: by hub-fue.franken.de (Smail3.1.29.1 #35) id m0xy0tr-002Oj9C; Thu, 29 Jan 98 21:49 MET Received: (from tsbogend@localhost) by alpha.franken.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id VAA01922; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:27:05 +0100 Message-ID: <19980129212705.29618@alpha.franken.de> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:27:05 +0100 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: strange problem with my oli M700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hi, I'm trying to read the firmware prom of my Olivetti M700 (Magnum 4000 clone). When access the address 0x9fc00000 (which is the KSEG0 address of the prom) the box freezes immidiately. Does anybody know why ? And how could I access the prom otherwise ? Thomas. -- See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-) [Linus Torvalds in <4rikft$7g5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI>]