User`s guide

B.8 Special ROM Header
Table B–5 (Cont.) Special Header Entry Descriptions
Entry Description
Firmware ID The firmware ID is a byte that specifies the firmware type.
This information facilitates image boot options necessary to
boot different operating systems.
Firmware Name
Firmware
Type Firmware Description
Debug monitor 0 Alpha evaluation board
debug monitor
Windows NT 1 Windows NT ARC firmware
Alpha SRM 2 Alpha System Reference
Manual console
Optional firmware ID This optional field can be used to provide additional
firmware information such as firmware revision or a
character descriptive string of up to 8 characters.
Header checksum The checksum of the header. This is used to validate the
presence of a header beyond the validation provided by the
validation pattern.
SROM Initialization B–11