Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 18:13:42 -0800 From: John Kaitschuck <jkaitsch@ilm.com> To: tls@rek.tjls.com Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) Message-ID: <199912050213.SAA04554@lani.lucasdigital.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> of "Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:58:37 EST." <19991204205837.A14165@rek.tjls.com>
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Thor Lancelot Simon wrote... > > > 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. > FYI.... The SRM code is available on the API web site although I haven't tested it... -- John Kaitschuck, Systems R&D ILM jkaitsch@ilm.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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