As I understand it, MPE won't run on a 9000, simply because it has code in
it to prevent that.  It looks at the identifying info in nonvolatile memory
and chokes.  I doubt that Linux would be sabotaged in that way.  I have a
friend (who shall forever remain nameless) who successfully loaded HPUX on a
3000.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne R. Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Linux and HP3000 model 937RX


In a message dated 2/21/02 10:09:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> the mfio card or the 'personality' firmware
>

Depending upon how the MFIO card software works, it may not matter.  This
should work like any other HPPB interface.  I'm told that MPE/iX is 'dumb'
in
that it cannot handle more than one interface on a single card while HPUX
can
deal with this.  This is why the SE-SCSI interface has that 'other'
connector
on it.  somehow HP made MPE/iX work with HP-3000 specific interfaces and
HPUX
work with their specific interfaces.  They all plug into the same backplane
though.

PARISC Linux must deal with the HP-9000 firmware in some maner.  If they can
do that then the changes to handle the HP-3000 firmware shouldn't be major.
The future of MPE without HP requires knowledge of this firmware data.  I'm
curious to know what this Linux group is doing and I have signed myself up
with their list server.

Wayne

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