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Old 06-05-2011
OBP explained.
Hi Gurus,

Correct me if I am wrong. Booting an OS means loading it in memory . What is OBP in solaris. If we are typing some commands at ok> where are we actually do that.
What is the difference between frimware and OBP.

I know I am asking silly things but I need answers. SmilieSmilie

Thanks in Advance.
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Old 06-05-2011
OBP was a new approach to the BIOS(used to load your system from storage to memory, configure hardware and etc) the idea was that we have more need for firmware/drivers integration on lower level(BIOS) and other options not provided by the standard BIOSes(such as cross-platform firmware able be load in any system, boot-time diagnostics).
OBP is dead as not used in any production systems, the next thing with this idea is EFI by Intel.

firmware is small program used to control some hardware, OBP is small program used to control some hardware, load other small programs and check the hardware Smilie


Detailed explanation:

IEEE 1275 Open Firmware Home Page

Some OBP commands

http://sun.3113.com/wp-content/uploa..._reference.pdf
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Old 06-06-2011
Click thanks for your response. So I am typing any commands at ok > where exactly I am making changes.
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Old 06-06-2011
Quote:
OBP was a new approach to the BIOS
Untrue. Neither had anything to do with the other.

Quote:
OBP is dead as not used in any production systems
Untrue. Used on probably tens of thousands of production systems.
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Old 06-07-2011
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Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Untrue. Used on probably tens of thousands of production systems.
i would even say millions...
 
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