OF access after kernel boot
Simon Piette
spiette at generation.net
Wed Jul 5 00:51:05 EST 2000
Hi,
* Vladimir Simonov (sv at asplinux.ru) [000704 03:40]:
>
> Hi all,
> I'd like to change some OF (Open Firmware)
> parameters after kernel loading. But arch/ppc/prom.c
> runs "Because OF may have mapped I/O devices into the area
> starting at KENELBASE,....Therefore all OF calls should be
> done within prom_init()...".
> Is it possible to keep safe interface to OF
> after kernel's mapping to KERNELBASE?
> If it is not possible for all PPC, perhaps,
> a list of mashines where it works and
> some hints how to do it will be useful.
>
man nvsetenv
Without parameters, nvsetenv will give you the values of nvram
registers.
Cheers,
Simon
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