eeprom - EEPROM display and load utility

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SYNOPSIS

SUN-3, SUN-4 SYSTEMS

Desktop SPARCsystems, SPARCsystem 600MP SERIES

DESCRIPTION

eeprom displays or changes the values of fields in the EEPROM. It processes fields in the order given. When processing a field accompanied by a value, eeprom makes the indicated alteration to the EEPROM; otherwise it displays the field's value. When given no field specifiers, eeprom displays the values of all EEPROM fields. A `-' flag specifies that fields and values are to be read from the standard input (one field or field=value per line).

Only the super-user may alter the EEPROM contents.

eeprom verifies the EEPROM checksums and complains if they are incorrect; if the -i flag is specified, erroneous checksums are ignored. If the -c flag is specified, all incorrect checksums are recomputed and corrected in the EEPROM.

OPTIONS

-c

Correct bad checksums. (Ignored on Desktop SPARCsystems and SPARCsystem 600MP series.)

-i

Ignore bad checksums. (Ignored on Desktop SPARCsystems and SPARCsystem 600MP series.)

-f device

Use device as the EEPROM device.

FIELDS and VALUES

SUN-3, SUN-4 SYSTEMS

hwupdate

a valid date (including today and now)

memsize

8 bit integer (megabytes of memory on machine)

memtest

8 bit integer (megabytes of memory to test)

scrsize

1024x1024, 1152x900, 1600x1280, or 1440x1440

watchdog_reboot

true or false

default_boot

true or false

bootdev

charchar(hex-int,hex-int,hex-int) (with char a character, and hex-int a hexadecimal integer.)

kbdtype

8 bit integer (0 for all Sun keyboards)

keyclick

true or false

console

b&w or ttya or ttyb or color

custom_logo

true or false

banner

banner string

diagdev

%c%c (%x,%x,%x) -- diagnostic boot device

diagpath

diagnostic boot path

ttya_no_rtsdtr

true or false

ttyb_no_rtsdtr

true or false

ttya_use_baud

true or false

ttyb_use_baud

true or false

ttya_baud

baud rate (16-bit decimal integer)

ttyb_baud

baud rate (16-bit decimal integer)

columns

number of columns on screen (8-bit integer)

rows

number of rows on screen (8-bit integer)

secure

none, command, or full. If secure=none the PROM monitor runs in the non-secure mode. In this mode all PROM monitor commands are allowed with no password required. If secure=command the PROM monitor is in the command secure mode. In this mode, only the b (boot) command with no parameters and the c (continue) command with no parameters may be entered without a password being required. Any other command requires that the PROM monitor password be entered. If secure=full the PROM monitor is in the fully secure mode. In this mode, only the c (continue) command with no parameters may be entered without a password being required. Entry of any other command requires that the PROM monitor password be entered. Note: the system will not auto-reboot in fully secure mode. The PROM monitor password must be entered before the boot process will take place. When changing the security mode from non-secure to either command secure or fully secure, eeprom prompts for the entry and re-entry of a new PROM password as in the passwd.1 command. Changing from one secure mode to the other secure mode, or to the non-secure mode does not prompt for a password. Changing to non-secure mode erases the password.

bad_login

number of bad login tries (16-bit unsigned integer, 0 if reset). The field bad_login maintains the count of bad login tries. It may be reset to zero (0) by specifying bad_login=reset.

password

PROM monitor password (8-bytes). The content of the password field is never displayed to any user. If the security mode is not none, the super-user may change the PROM monitor password by entering:

example# eeprom password=

eeprom prompts for a new password to be entered and re-entered.

Desktop SPARCsystems, SPARCsystem 600MP SERIES

hardware-revision

7 chars (for example, 30Mar88)

selftest-#megs

32 bit decimal integer (megabytes of memory to test)

watchdog-reboot?

true or false; true to reboot after watchdog reset

boot-from

A string specifying boot string (for example, le()vmunix); defaults to vmunix. (SPARCstation 1 systems only)

keyboard-click?

true or false; true to enable clicking of keys on each keystroke

input-device

A string specifying one of keyboard, ttya, or ttyb; if the specified device is unavailable, ttya is used for both input and output only if input-device specified the keyboard and output-device specified the screen.

output-device

A string specifying one of screen, ttya, or ttyb; if the specified device is unavailable, ttya is used for both input and output only if input-device specified the keyboard and output-device specified the screen.

oem-banner?

true or false; true to use custom banner string instead of Sun banner

oem-banner

80 chars for custom banner string

oem-logo?

true or false; true to display custom logo instead of Sun logo

oem-logo

Name of file (in iconedit format) containing custom logo.

boot-from-diag

80 chars specifying diag boot string (for example, sd()dexec); defaults to le()vmunix. (SPARCstation 1 systems only)

ttya-mode

16 chars to specify 5 comma-separated fields of configuration information (for example, 1200,8,1,n,-); defaults to 9600,8,1,n,-.

Fields, in left-to-right order, are:

baud rate:

110, 300, 1200, 4800, 9600...

data bits:

5, 6, 7, 8

parity:

n(none), e(even), o(odd), m(mark), s(space)

stop bits:

1, 1.5, 2

handshake:

-(none), h(hardware:rts/cts), s(software:xon/xoff)

ttyb-mode

16 chars to specify 5 comma-separated fields of configuration information (for example, 1200,7,1,n,s); defaults to 9600,8,1,n,-.

Fields, in left-to-right order, are:

baud rate:

110, 300, 1200, 4800, 9600...

data bits:

5, 6, 7, 8

stop bits:

1, 1.5, 2

parity:

n(none), e(even), o(odd), m(mark), s(space)

handshake:

-(none), h(hardware:rts/cts), s(software:xon/xoff)

ttyb-rts-dtr-off

true or false. Defaults to false.

ttya-rts-dtr-off

true or false. Defaults to false.

ttya-ignore-cd

true or false. Defaults to true.

ttyb-ignore-cd

true or false; true to ignore the CARRIER DETECT line. Defaults to true.

screen-#rows

number of rows on output device; defaults to 34 (for some devices actual values used may be less)

screen-#columns

number of columns on output device; defaults to 80 (for some devices actual values used may be less)

auto-boot?

true or false; true to boot on power-on

scsi-initiator-id

An integer between 0 and 7 that specifies the SCSI initiator ID of the onboard SCSI host adapter.

sd-targets

An array of 8 integers that map SCSI disk unit numbers to SCSI target numbers. The unit number is used to index into this string. The default settings are 31204567, which means that unit 0 maps to target 3, unit 1 maps to target 1, and so on. (SPARCstation 1 systems only)

st-targets

An array of 8 integers that map SCSI tape unit numbers to SCSI target numbers. The unit number is used to index into this string. The default settings are 45670123, which means that unit 0 maps to target 4, unit 1 maps to target 5, and so on. (SPARCstation 1 systems only)

sunmon-compat?

true or false. Defaults to true.

security-mode

none, command, or full. See above, the secure field.

security-password

password associated with security-mode. The content of the security-password field is never displayed to any user. If the security mode is not none, the super-user may change the PROM monitor password by entering:

example# eeprom security-password=

eeprom prompts for a new password to be entered and re-entered.

security-#badlogins

number of bad login tries (16-bit unsigned integer, 0 if reset). The field security-#badlogins maintains the count of bad login tries. It may be reset to zero (0) by specifying security-#badlogins=reset.

sbus-probe-list

Defaults to 0123.

fcode-debug?

true or false. Defaults to false.

last-hardware-update

Date the CPU board was manufactured or upgraded to the latest hardware revision. The format is a human-readable date string, such as 23May89.

testarea

Defaults to 0.

mfg-switch?

true or false. Defaults to false.

diag-switch?

true or false. Defaults to true.

boot-file

Default boot file and arguments when diag-switch? is false; defaults to vmunix. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

boot-device

Default boot device specifier when diag-switch? is false; defaults to disk. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

diag-file

Default boot file and arguments when diag-switch? is true; defaults to vmunix (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

diag-device

Default boot device specifier when diag-switch? is true; defaults to net. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

local-mac-address?

true or false. Defaults to false. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

nvramrc

Contents of NVRAMRC. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

use-nvramrc?

true or false; true to execute commands in NVRAMRC during PROM start-up; defults to false. (SPARCstation 2, SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

vme-ipi-probe-list

Defaults to 0123. (SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

skip-vme-loopback?

true or false. true to skip some of the VME loopback tests on POST. Defaults to false. (SPARCsystem 600MP series only)

FILES

SUN-3, SUN-4 SYSTEMS

/dev/eeprom

Desktop SPARCsystems, SPARCsystem 600MP SERIES

/dev/openprom

SEE ALSO

[a manual with the abbreviation PROM]
Open Boot PROM 2.0 Toolkit User's Guide

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