Re: bootrom firmware upgrade

Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Brian A. Seklecki:
> ...i had to follow the FAQ to get serial console working on my 715/60
> using the HP firmware upgrade LIF that comes with
> ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_C7120023

it's also in the boot(8) ...

> that firmware apparently patches the 712's ROM to v2.3. my rom is back at
> 1.6 since it's almost impossible to get info on 700 series devices form
> compaq/HP (understandable after 10 years), i was wondering if anyone knew:
> 
> *) is there a ROM upgrade for the 715 (following the above namign schem
> with PF_C71500xx doesnt work)
> 
> *) ...is it worth applying / has anyone done it successfully?  I sincerly
> doubt it but there seems to be some noteworthy impovements in the 712's
> ROM from 1.6 -> 2.3

there is one at:
http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/715/C7X50016.frm
with a description of changes at:
http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/715/C7X50016.text

although the latest for those seems to be 1.6 anyway
as they do not follow a uniform versioning for all machines.
so do not expect to find the same 2.3 version as you have on 712 (;

anyway the changes seems to be minor wrt booting non-hpux systems (;

cu

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