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On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> wrote:
>
> The SRM contains the PALcode and any OS depends on PALcode.
> MILO is an open-source firmware for Alpha.  Maybe we could start from it
> too.

My understanding is that SRM is required anyway to boot
"modern" Alpha systems.  MILO is used on older systems.

cf: http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/SRM-HOWTO


Laurent