From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 12 14:19:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0974516A4CE for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:19:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (jip.lelystedeling.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 618D643D45 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:19:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90FC93E434; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:19:19 +0100 (CET) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id DEF091BD; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:19:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B9113D; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:19:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:19:19 +0100 (CET) From: Sten Spans To: "Greg A. Woods" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20041210202803.GI90137@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20041210211612.GA90601@freebie.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI, no-go with booting FreeBSD-5.3 on AlphaServer ES40 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:19:22 -0000 On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Greg A. Woods wrote: > [ On Friday, December 10, 2004 at 22:16:12 (+0100), Wilko Bulte wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: FYI, no-go with booting FreeBSD-5.3 on AlphaServer ES40 >> >> I know. Feel free to fix it. > > You're the FreeBSD guy, not me! ;-) from http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html : Supported models The rule of thumb is: if it weighs more than 25kg -- most likely it is not supported. FreeBSD is a volunteer project, volunteers don't have every hardware combination, volunteers don't get time to support every configuration. The models with the best support are the desktop models, there just ain't a lot of people with ES40's in their bikeshed. When you choose to run Linux or BSD you've got 3 ways to solve problems you might encounter: - Solve them yourself - Give somebody money/hardware to solve them - Ask really nicely on the mailinglists, and somebody might do it for free. The only "supported" option for alpha servers is Tru64, anything else is unsupported. FreeBSD alpha was moved to a tier2 platform for FreeBSD 5, because hp has stopped developing the platform, and because the project wanted to focus on amd64 and sparc64 ( the lengthy and more correct explanation can be found on the lists ). -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem