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From: rer@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rob Robason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: brc and powerfail questions
Message-ID: <5570353@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 89 17:38:11 GMT
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Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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> Looking at the manual entry for brc it say's:..."  and loads any
> 	  programmable micro-processors with their appropriate scripts."

This is intentionally a general statement, so as new hardware is
supported we don't have to go back and change the manual.  Read /etc/brc
for specifics.

> Can someone tell me in which manual it talks about these "programmable
> micro-processors" and "scripts" ?

One of the Series 300's optional Floating Point Accellerators has to
have some microcode downloaded at boot time.  The "script" is the
microcode.  I would look in the manual shipped with the FPA to find
documentation.

Rob Robason