Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:37:38 -0500 From: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <kpieckiel-freebsd-alpha@smartrafficenter.org> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AS1200 Message-ID: <20030403193738.GB90878@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> In-Reply-To: <20030403185510.GA6302@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030403131752.GA90878@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> <20030403185510.GA6302@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:55:10PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:17:52AM -0500, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote: > > I just acquired an AlphaServer 1200. This is my first experience with actually > > operating an alpha aside from having a shell account on one. When it arrives, > > it will have NetBSD; I'm considering putting FreeBSD on it. Should I decide to > > do so, how can I best help the alpha developers of FreeBSD in regards to testing > > and bug reporting? I'm a developer who's intimately familiar with ANSI C, but > > I've never attempted to become familiar with kernel code. I'm willing to spend > > some time on the alpha port since I now own an alpha. I'm guessing running > > 5.0-current would be helpful, since there are LOTS of untested architectural > > changes in the code.... > > > > Or is this best asked on -hackers? > > There are not too many people with AS1200 in the FreeBSD community (it > seems, when I looked for testers, see also > http://www.freebsd.org/~wilko/testhw.html). So as a tester you are more than > welcome :-P > > I suggest to play with 4.8 / stable a bit before going to -current. Until > you get more familiar with FreeBSD. -current can be a bit of a rocky ride, > especially on non-x86 architectures. > > my ???0.02.. Very well, then. I'll be glad to take your advice and make sure I'm comfortable on the Alpha with 4.8. Thanks for the input. Kevin Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. --- This message was signed by GnuPG. E-Mail kpieckiel-pgp@smartrafficenter.org to receive my public key. You may also get my key from pgpkeys.mit.edu; my ID is 0xF1604E92 and will expire on 01 January 2004. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+jI2Cc3iJbvFgTpIRAkkkAJ97GzFteR/OWXILDpnd+zcEtltlqgCfboHf 212GYYSFGREjUcsJoB0macA= =4Xzi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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