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Maintenance Commands eeprom(1M)
NAME
eeprom - EEPROM display and load utility
SYNOPSIS
SPARC
/usr/platform/ platform-name /sbin/eeprom [-] [-f device] [
parameter [=value]]
/usr/platform/ platform-name /sbin/eeprom [-] [-f device]
[-I] [mmu-modlist] [ parameter [ =value]]
eeprom displays or changes the values of parameters in the
EEPROM. It processes parameters in the order given. When
processing a parameter accompanied by a value, eeprom makes
the indicated alteration to the EEPROM; otherwise, it
displays the parameter's value. When given no parameter
specifiers, eeprom displays the values of all EEPROM parame-
ters. A `-' (hyphen) flag specifies that parameters and
values are to be read from the standard input (one parameter
or parameter=value per line).
Only the super-user may alter the EEPROM contents.
eeprom verifies the EEPROM checksums and complains if they
are incorrect.
platform-name is the name of the platform implementation and
can be found using the -i option of uname(1)
SPARC
SPARC based systems implement firmware password protection
with eeprom, using the security-mode, security-password and
security-#badlogins properties.
EEPROM storage is simulated using a file residing in the
platform-specific boot area. The /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
file simulates EEPROM storage.
Because based systems typically implement password protec-
tion in the system BIOS, there is no support for password
protection in the eeprom program. While it is possible to
set the security-mode, security-password and security-
#badlogins properties on based systems, these properties
have no special meaning or behavior on based systems.
-f device Use device as the EEPROM device.
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Only
acpi-user-options
A configuration variable that controls the use of ACPI.
A value of 0x0 attempts to use ACPI if it is available
on the system. A value of 0x2 disables the use of ACPI.
Defaults to 0x0.
console
Specifies the console device. Possible values are ttya,
ttyb, text, and graphics. In text mode, console output
goes to the frame buffer and input comes from keyboard.
Graphics mode is similar to text mode except that text
output is replaced by a graphics screen, When this pro-
perty is not present, the console device falls back to
input-device and output-device. When no property is
present, console defaults to text.
NVRAM CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
Not all OpenBoot systems support all parameters. Defaults
vary depending on the system and the PROM revision. See the
output in the "Default Value" column of the printenv com-
mand, as entered at the ok (OpenBoot) prompt, to determine
the default for your system.
auto-boot?
If true, boots automatically after power-on or reset.
Defaults to true. On , this parameter is controlled by
the grub menu file. See installgrub(1M)
ansi-terminal?
Configuration variable used to control the behavior of
the terminal emulator. The value false makes the termi-
nal emulator stop interpreting ANSI escape sequences;
instead, echoes them to the output device. Defaults to
true.
boot-args
Holds a string of arguments that are passed to the boot
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subsystem. For example, you can use boot-args=' -
install dhcp' to request a customer jumpstart installa-
tion. See boot(1M), kadb(1M) and kernel(1M)
boot-command
Command executed if auto-boot? is true. Defaults to
boot.
boot-device
Device from which to boot. boot-device may contain 0 or
more device specifiers separated by spaces. Each device
specifier may be either a prom device alias or a prom
device path. The boot prom will attempt to open each
successive device specifier in the list beginning with
the first device specifier. The first device specifier
that opens successfully will be used as the device to
boot from. Defaults to disk net.
boot-file
File to boot (an empty string lets the secondary booter
choose default). Defaults to empty string.
boot-from
Boot device and file (OpenBoot PROM version 1.x only).
Defaults to vmunix.
boot-from-diag
Diagnostic boot device and file (OpenBoot PROM version
1.x only). Defaults to le()unix.
comX-noprobe
Where X is the number of the serial port, prevents dev-
ice probe on serial port X.
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diag-device
Diagnostic boot source device. Defaults to net.
diag-file
File from which to boot in diagnostic mode. Defaults to
empty string.
diag-level
Diagnostics level. Values include off, min, max and
menus. There may be additional platform-specific values.
When set to off, POST is not called. If POST is called,
the value is made available as an argument to, and is
interpreted by POST. Defaults to platform-dependent.
diag-switch?
If true, run in diagnostic mode. Defaults to false on
most desktop systems, true on most servers.
error-reset-recovery
Recover after an error reset trap. Defaults to
platform-specific setting.
On platforms supporting this variable, it replaces the
watchdog-reboot?, watchdog-sync?, redmode-reboot?,
redmode-sync?, sir-sync?, and xir-sync? parameters.
The options are:
none Print a message describing the reset trap and
go to OpenBoot PROM's user interface, aka OK
prompt.
sync Invoke OpenBoot PROM's sync word after the
reset trap. Some platforms may treat this as
none after an externally initiated reset (XIR)
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trap.
boot Reboot after the reset trap. Some platforms may
treat this as none after an XIR trap.
fcode-debug?
If true, include name parameter for plug-in device
FCodes. Defaults to false.
hardware-revision
System version information.
input-device
Input device used at power-on (usually keyboard, ttya,
or ttyb). Defaults to keyboard.
keyboard-click?
If true, enable keyboard click. Defaults to false.
keymap
Keymap for custom keyboard.
last-hardware-update
System update information.
load-base
Default load address for client programs. Default value
is 16384.
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local-mac-address?
If true, network drivers use their own MAC address, not
the system's. Defaults to false.
mfg-mode
Manufacturing mode argument for POST. Possible values
include off or chamber. The value is passed as an argu-
ment to POST. Defaults to off.
mfg-switch?
If true, repeat system self-tests until interrupted with
STOP-A. Defaults to false.
nvramrc
Contents of NVRAMRC. Defaults to empty.
network-boot-arguments
Arguments to be used by the PROM for network booting.
Defaults to an empty string. network-boot-arguments can
be used to specify the boot protocol (RARP/DHCP) to be
used and a range of system knowledge to be used in the
process.
The syntax for arguments supported for network booting
is:
[protocol,] [key=value,]*
All arguments are optional and can appear in any order.
Commas are required unless the argument is at the end of
the list. If specified, an argument takes precedence
over any default values, or, if booting using DHCP, over
configuration information provided by a DHCP server for
those parameters.
protocol, above, specifies the address discovery proto-
col to be used.
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Configuration parameters, listed below, are specified as
key=value attribute pairs.
tftp-server
IP address of the TFTP server
file
file to download using TFTP or URL for WAN boot
host-ip
IP address of the client (in dotted-decimal nota-
tion)
router-ip
IP address of the default router (in dotted-decimal
notation)
subnet-mask
subnet mask (in dotted-decimal notation)
client-id
DHCP client identifier
hostname
hostname to use in DHCP transactions
http-proxy
HTTP proxy server specification (IPADDR[:PORT])
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tftp-retries
maximum number of TFTP retries
dhcp-retries
maximum number of DHCP retries
If no parameters are specified (that is, network-boot-
arguments is an empty string), the PROM will use the
platform-specific default address discovery protocol.
Absence of the protocol parameter when other configura-
tion parameters are specified implies manual configura-
tion.
Manual configuration requires that the client be pro-
vided with all the information necessary for boot. If
using manual configuration, information required by the
PROM to load the second-stage boot program must be pro-
vided in network-boot-arguments while information
required for the second-stage boot program can be speci-
fied either as arguments to the boot program or by means
of the boot program's interactive command interpreter.
Information required by the PROM when using manual con-
figuration includes the booting client's IP address,
name of the boot file, and the address of the server
providing the boot file image. Depending on network con-
figuration, it might be required that the subnet mask
and address of the default router to use also be speci-
fied.
oem-banner
Custom OEM banner (enabled by setting oem-banner? to
true). Defaults to empty string.
oem-banner?
If true, use custom OEM banner. Defaults to false.
oem-logo
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Byte array custom OEM logo (enabled by setting oem-logo?
to true). Displayed in hexadecimal.
oem-logo?
If true, use custom OEM logo (else, use Sun logo).
Defaults to false.
output-device
Output device used at power-on (usually screen, ttya, or
ttyb). Defaults to screen.
redmode-reboot?
Specify true to reboot after a redmode reset trap.
Defaults to true. (Sun Enterprise 10000 only.)
redmode-sync?
Specify true to invoke OpenBoot PROM's sync word after a
redmode reset trap. Defaults to false. (Sun Enterprise
10000 only.)
rootpath
Specifies the root device of the operating system.
sbus-probe-list
Designate which SBus slots are probed and in what order.
Defaults to 0123.
screen-#columns
Number of on-screen columns (characters/line). Defaults
to 80.
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screen-#rows
Number of on-screen rows (lines). Defaults to 34.
scsi-initiator-id
SCSI bus address of host adapter, range 0-7. Defaults to
7.
sd-targets
Map SCSI disk units (OpenBoot PROM version 1.x only).
Defaults to 31204567, which means that unit 0 maps to
target 3, unit 1 maps to target 1, and so on.
security-#badlogins
Number of incorrect security password attempts.This pro-
perty has no special meaning or behavior on based sys-
tems.
security-mode
Firmware security level (options: none, command, or
full). If set to command or full, system will prompt for
PROM security password. Defaults to none.This property
has no special meaning or behavior on based systems.
security-password
Firmware security password (never displayed). Can be set
only when security-mode is set to command or full.This
property has no special meaning or behavior on based
systems.
example# eeprom security-password=
Changing PROM password:
New password:
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Retype new password:
selftest-#megs
Megabytes of RAM to test. Ignored if diag-switch? is
true. Defaults to 1.
sir-sync?
Specify true to invoke OpenBoot PROM's sync word after a
software-initiated reset (SIR) trap. Defaults to false.
(Sun Enterprise 10000 only.)
skip-vme-loopback?
If true, POST does not do VMEbus loopback tests.
Defaults to false.
st-targets
Map SCSI tape units (OpenBoot PROM version 1.x only).
Defaults to 45670123, which means that unit 0 maps to
target 4, unit 1 maps to target 5, and so on.
sunmon-compat?
If true, display Restricted Monitor prompt (>). Defaults
to false.
testarea
One-byte scratch field, available for read/write test.
Defaults to 0.
tpe-link-test?
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Enable 10baseT link test for built-in twisted pair Eth-
ernet. Defaults to true.
ttya-mode
TTYA (baud rate, #bits, parity, #stop, handshake).
Defaults to 9600,8,n,1,-.
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
TTYB (baud rate, #bits, parity, #stop, handshake).
Defaults to 9600,8,n,1,-.
Fields, in left-to-right order, are:
Baud rate: 110, 300, 1200, 4800, 9600...
Data bits: 5, 6, 7, 8
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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)
ttya-ignore-cd
If true, operating system ignores carrier-detect on
TTYA. Defaults to true.
ttyb-ignore-cd
If true, operating system ignores carrier-detect on
TTYB. Defaults to true.
ttya-rts-dtr-off
If true, operating system does not assert DTR and RTS on
TTYA. Defaults to false.
ttyb-rts-dtr-off
If true, operating system does not assert DTR and RTS on
TTYB. Defaults to false.
use-nvramrc?
If true, execute commands in NVRAMRC during system
start-up. Defaults to false.
verbosity
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Controls the level of verbosity of PROM messages. Can be
one of debug, max, normal, min, or none. Defaults to
normal.
version2?
If true, hybrid (1.x/2.x) PROM comes up in version 2.x.
Defaults to true.
watchdog-reboot?
If true, reboot after watchdog reset. Defaults to false.
watchdog-sync?
Specify true to invoke OpenBoot PROM's sync word after a
watchdog reset trap. Defaults to false. ( Sun Enterprise
10000 only.)
xir-sync?
Specify true to invoke OpenBoot PROM's sync word after
an XIR trap. Defaults to false. (Sun Enterprise 10000
only.)
Example 1: Changing the Number of Megabytes of RAM.
The following example demonstrates the method for changing
from one to two the number of megabytes of RAM that the sys-
tem will test.
example# eeprom selftest-#megs
selftest-#megs=1
example# eeprom selftest-#megs=2
example# eeprom selftest-#megs
selftest-#megs=2
Example 2: Setting the auto-boot? Parameter to true.
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The following example demonstrates the method for setting
the auto-boot? parameter to true.
example# eeprom auto-boot?=true
When the eeprom command is executed in user mode, the param-
eters with a trailing question mark (?) need to be enclosed
in double quotation marks (" ") to prevent the shell from
interpreting the question mark. Preceding the question mark
with an escape character (\) will also prevent the shell
from interpreting the question mark.
example% eeprom "auto-boot?"=true
Example 3: Using network-boot-arguments
To use DHCP as the boot protocol and a hostname of
abcd.example.com for network booting, set these values in
network-boot-arguments as:
example# eeprom network-boot-arguments="dhcp,hostname=abcd.example.com"
...then boot using the command:
ok boot net
Note that network boot arguments specified from the PROM
command line cause the contents of network-boot-arguments to
be ignored. For example, with network-boot-arguments set as
shown above, the boot command:
ok boot net:dhcp
...causes DHCP to be used, but the hostname specified in
network-boot-arguments will not be used during network boot.
Example 4: Setting System Console to Auxiliary Device
The command below assigns the device /dev/term/a as the sys-
tem console device. You would make such an assignment prior
to using tip(1) to establish a tip connection to a host.
On a SPARC machine:
# eeprom output-device=/dev/term/a
On an machine:
# eeprom console=ttya
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On a SPARC machine, the preceding command would be suffi-
cient for assigning the console to an auxiliary device. For
an machine, you might, in addition, need to set the charac-
teristics of the serial line, for which you would have to
consult the BIOS documentation for that machine. Also, on
some machines, you might use a device other than device a,
as shown above. For example, you could set console to ttyb
if the second serial port is present.
/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
File storing eeprom values on machines.
/dev/openprom
Device file
/usr/platform/platform-name/sbin/eeprom
Platform-specific version of eeprom. Use uname -i to
obtain platform-name.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
passwd(1), sh(1), svcs(1), tip(1), uname(1), boot(1M)
kadb(1M), kernel(1M), init(1M), svcadm(1M), attributes(5)
smf(5)
OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual
The eeprom service is managed by the service management
facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:
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svc:/platform/i86pc/eeprom:default
Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling,
disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using
svcadm(1M). The service's status can be queried using the
svcs(1) command.
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