Hi Marc & list,

Marc Balmer wrote:
> Am 07.10.11 20:48, schrieb Karl Auerbach:
>>
>>>> The reason OpenBSD works now with the stock BIOS is that I on purpose
>>>> have incorrect checksum in the mptable, openBSD check it and don't use
>>>> the mptable, FreeBSD ignore the checksum error and use the mptable....
>>>
>>> What does NetBSD do?
>>
>> Don't know about NetBsd, but Linux generates some warnings about the
>> checksum and then proceeds to run with only a single processor/thread.
>
> Actually I'd like to get a statement from Soren here.  He is crippling
> the BIOS to satisfy one particular OS, while other OS'es that maybe do
> the right.

Shortage of time, too much stuff to do but will be cleaned up and 
optimized for all operating systems.

The net6501 1.40b BIOS with correct mptable checksum (and Hyper-Tread 
enabled) is at:

http://soekris.com/media/software/b6501_140b.bin

If problems, current shipping net6501 BIOS at:

http://soekris.com/media/software/b6501_140_s.bin

Please note that the 1.40b is not a release BIOS and has not been tested 
very much. But I would love feedback on different operating systems....

Please note that you currently need to use the "download" command in the 
uManager til update BIOS'es. There also seems to be a minor bug in the 
uManager "download" command, the board need to be complely powered down 
betweens two "download"s.


Best Regards,


Soren Kristensen

CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.
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