From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 4 18: 0:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.0.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6533215406; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 17:59:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tls@panix.com) Received: from panix6.panix.com (panix6.panix.com [166.84.0.231]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D8B30F01; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:58:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from tls@localhost) by panix6.panix.com (8.8.8/8.7.1/PanixN1.0) id UAA14221; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:58:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:58:37 -0500 From: Thor Lancelot Simon To: Mike Smith Cc: alpha@freebsd.org, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) Message-ID: <19991204205837.A14165@rek.tjls.com> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com References: <199912050126.RAA05619@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <199912050126.RAA05619@mass.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 05:26:49PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > The SRM vs. AlphaBios/ARC issues are a phantom. *BSD has a long way to go > > to fully support the SRM capapble machines before worrying about platforms > > which don't have SRM. This is a sideshow. I would have said it was more > > critical if Tru64 died, but much to &my& surprise it was NT-Alpha that > > walked the plank, not DUh (now Tru64). Given that Tru64 is very > > successfully selling on the leading new Dompaq platforms (and depends on > > SRM), I rather doubt *BSD will get all that left behind because we've not > > gotten ARC/AlphaBios yet. > > If you know something I don't about Alpha Processor Inc's machines, I'd > love to hear it. They are only shipping AlphaBIOS, since there is MILO > code for their systems. Well, API certainly managed to ship Ross a machine with SRM so that he could port NetBSD to their hardware. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com "And where do all these highways go, now that we are free?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message