From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199908051937.VAA01208@piglet.cpu.lu> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 21:37:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Michel Lanners Reply-To: mlan@cpu.lu Subject: Re: How DOES OF Work? (ie multi-OS woes) To: olaph@takilma.nurk.org cc: iweiny@kdat.csc.calpoly.edu, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi all, Here is more documentation on OF specifically, and as related to the PCI bus in Macintosh systems. On 4 Aug, this message from Sean James Swallow echoed through cyberspace: >> I think the general concensus on this issue is the USERS want BootX or >> something easy while the Developers and "Power Users," if you will, want to >> have the flexibility of OF. > > I don't know... It just seems plain silly to me, that to install one OS > you need another. Nothing to do w/ the users. I completely agree. BootX is a great tool, but I'd like to not be forced to use it. At this time I am, as OF is not (yet?) able to boot my G3-upgraded 7600 using quik. > There is a little bit of info on the apple site about OF: > > technote 1061 - http://devworld.apple.com/dev/technotes/tn/tn1061.html > technote 1062 - http://devworld.apple.com/dev/technotes/tn/tn1062.html The links do not work, but you can find the docs in the numeric index. > technote 1063 - http://devworld.apple.com/dev/technotes/tn/tn1063.html This one was never written (tn1063 is actually on a different subject), and later technote 1044 was declared number three in the series. So look for tn1044 instead. But most important for OF, there is this article in the TechInfoLibrary (TIL) about OF on the AN500/700, which includes a very complete listing of OF commands: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n60285 Then, there are these two technotes on Rhapsody: http://developer.apple.com/macosx/server/rhapdev/technotes/RTN0001_Rh_Boot_Process.html http://developer.apple.com/macosx/server/rhapdev/technotes/RTN0002_Dual_Boot.html This one here outlines the differences of the NewWorld ROM vs. previous implementations: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1167.html Now, we move more towards PCI-related stuff, but with OF-related subjects as well. Here is a gem: 'Designing PCI Cards and Drivers for Power Macintosh Computers' http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/DeviceManagers/pci_srvcs/pci_cards_drivers/index.html If you're interested in PCI bus performance, here is an analysis of the PCI bus performance under MacOS: TECHNOTE : Understanding PCI Bus Performance http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1008.html Hope this helps Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email mlan@cpu.lu | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]