02-24-2015
Booting a SPARC from USB is not something I've done but I would say that, in all cases, the 'bios' or equivalent must support such a boot if it's to work.
Before the O/S is running there are no drivers installed so it has to be the service processor that is looking for a USB image to boot.
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
usb_template
USB_TEMPLATE(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual USB_TEMPLATE(4)
NAME
usb_template -- USB templates
SYNOPSIS
To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device usb_template
To load the module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
usb_template_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The usb_template module implements various USB templates that are needed when programming an USB device side driver. A USB template consists
of an USB device descriptor, one or more USB configuration descriptors, one or more USB interface descriptors, one or more USB endpoint
descriptors, USB strings and additional USB descriptors. The USB template module currently has templates for USB Mass Storage, USB CDC Eth-
ernet and Message Transfer Protocol. USB templates are currently selected using the "hw.usb.template" sysctl. The "hw.usb.template" value
can be changed at any time, but will not have any effect until the USB device has been re-enumerated.
SEE ALSO
usb(4)
STANDARDS
The usb_template module complies to the USB 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 standard.
HISTORY
The usb_template module was written by Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD
March 18, 2014 BSD