From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 4 18:15:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from brooklyn.lucasfilm.com (ns.lucasfilm.com [208.244.233.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16E11538F; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:15:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkaitsch@ilm.com) Received: from cerberus.lucasfilm.com ([150.0.40.12]) by brooklyn.lucasfilm.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id XR0DVTX7; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:14:29 -0800 Received: from malone.lucasdigital.com ([10.10.192.51]) by cerberus.lucasfilm.com; Sat, 04 Dec 1999 18:13:56 +0000 (PST) Received: from lucasdigital.com (lani [10.10.32.40]) by malone.lucasdigital.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8/990524-/HUB) with ESMTP id SAA19198; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from lani (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lani.lucasdigital.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA04554; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:13:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199912050213.SAA04554@lani.lucasdigital.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: tls@rek.tjls.com Cc: Mike Smith , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message from Thor Lancelot Simon of "Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:58:37 EST." <19991204205837.A14165@rek.tjls.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 18:13:42 -0800 From: John Kaitschuck Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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