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Can we kill SPOCK yet? [Turbo-diddle C8EFn.ADF ?]

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From: ohland@charter.net (Louis Ohland)
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Subject: Can we kill SPOCK yet? [Turbo-diddle C8EFn.ADF ?]
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 13:42:35 -0600
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by: Louis Ohland - Mon, 25 Dec 2023 19:42 UTC

What is the present thoughts on disabling system board SCSI and using an
adapter implementation that can load it's BIOS into RAM?

Disable, -OR- somehow allow an adapter to load it's BIOS _instead_ of
the on-board Tribble / SPOCK?

Might be the answer is in the C8EFn.ADF? I -THINK- that C8EFn exec
places the firmware in RAM and it always uses SLOT 0. Can we
turbo-twiddle a process where the SCSI adapter with the lowest SCSI
address has it's BIOS crammed into RAM?

System board SCSI BIOS [firmware] loaded into RAM
System board SCSI <"3540-3547">
Adapter SCSI 3548-354F

Adapter SCSI BIOS [firmware] loaded into RAM
Adapter SCSI <"3540-3547">
System board SCSI 3548-354F

Subject	Author
Can we kill SPOCK yet? [Turbo-diddle C8EFn.ADF ?]	Louis Ohland