From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Jan 12 16:49:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA29037 for alpha-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:49:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA29016 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:49:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA03753; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:54:24 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199801130054.LAA03753@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Bootstrapping FreeBSD/Alpha In-Reply-To: <199801130030.RAA07476@harmony.village.org> from Warner Losh at "Jan 12, 98 05:30:51 pm" To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:54:24 +1100 (EST) Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Warner Losh wrote: > In message <199801130026.LAA03651@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> John Birrell writes: > : That's the problem. I've been asked *not* to use it. Although it's > : available for anon ftp, life will be calmer in the long run if we > : don't even use that stuff privately. > > What are the available alternatives? Start with the Linux/Alpha ELF code that is GPL'd and develop from there. I know that's not the easiest way. Regards, -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@netbsd.org; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137