Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!oliveb!pyramid!csg From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid Subject: Re: bind 4.8 under OSx 4.4c Message-ID: <76854@pyramid.pyramid.com> Date: 11 Jul 89 17:20:46 GMT References: <76807@pyramid.pyramid.com> <2061@ginosko.samsung.com> Reply-To: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 >I compiled it with -OG... Is that ok? This was a Pyramid C compiler bug >that caused this right? -OG is fine. There was a code generator botch that tripped over the most convoluted ternary expression you've ever seen. This botch occured regardless of the optimizer level. Fixed in OSx 5.0, BTW. >Who ever heard of booting from Floppy? What would you suggest? You can't do the IMPL from hard disk, unless we had a dedicated disk just for the SSP. DEC used an HP catridge, although those proved to be more expensive and less reliable than a simple 5" floppy. The tape is also inappropriate for automatic dumping of hardware diagnostics. In fact, the MIServer uses a RAM card. But those didn't exist a few years ago, at least not ones large enough to be a suitable standin for a disk. The Symmetry doesn't need a similar mechanism because it doesn't have micro- code, and therefore doesn't have the concept of Initial Micro Program Load (IMPL). And it doesn't do hardware error logout to a diagnostic console.