From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f87A5NN08734 for linux-mips-outgoing; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 03:05:23 -0700 Received: from noose.gt.owl.de (postfix@noose.gt.owl.de [62.52.19.4]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f87A5Ld08731 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 03:05:21 -0700 Received: by noose.gt.owl.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 6AAFB7F7; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:05:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by paradigm.rfc822.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C919B4608; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:44:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:44:12 +0200 From: Florian Lohoff To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Stephen Frost , linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: linux 2.4.8: The DECstation 5000/2x0 NVRAM module driver Message-ID: <20010907114412.D7925@paradigm.rfc822.org> References: <20010906083444.W11136@ns> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Organization: rfc822 - pure communication Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 03:17:12PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > An NVRAM module is placed in a memory slot, usually the 15th, as that's > what DEC supports. It differs from RAM modules visibly -- it has two > green LEDs and a lithium battery (mine is orange, which makes it easily > recognizable; I'm not sure if the color is a rule). Mine is orange too Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?