Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:37:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes@daemon.li> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: www/53906: [patch] adds content to alpha plattform page Message-ID: <200306292037.h5TKbTx7001279@daemon.li> Resent-Message-ID: <200306292040.h5TKe7lu021161@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 53906 >Category: www >Synopsis: [patch] adds content to alpha plattform page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-www >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 29 13:40:07 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Josef El-Rayes >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD daemon.li 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 23 20:51:01 CEST 2003 shammer@daemon.li:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: added some content and useful links to the alpha page. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- alpha.sgml.diff begins here --- --- alpha.sgml.orig Sun Jun 29 21:26:30 2003 +++ alpha.sgml Sun Jun 29 22:11:23 2003 @@ -8,14 +8,28 @@ <html> &header; - <p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to Compaq Alpha - systems.</p> + <h3>Introduction</h3> + The Alpha microprocessor, was originally developed by DEC, introduced + in 1992. At this time, Alpha was regarded as fastest CPU in the world. + Compaq, which bought DEC, announced that computers using Alpha would be phased out + by 2004 in favour of Intel's Itanium. Hewlett-Packard, new owner of + Compaq announced to support the Alpha series for a few more years but this will be the end of the lifetime. + Intels IA-64 will be the replacement of this series. + + Alpha is a <a +href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier +1</a> architecture - fully supported by FreeBSD. + + <h3>FreeBSD/alpha Specific Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="mailto:freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/alpha mailing list</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/alpha/">FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Hardware Notes</a> + </li> </ul> <h3>Other Links of Interest</h3> @@ -27,6 +41,11 @@ AlphaServer</a></li> </ul> + <h4>Information</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="http://www.alphanews.net/">AlphaNews.net</a></li>; + + </ul> <h4>Projects</h4> <ul> --- alpha.sgml.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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