From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 08:37:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3374B16A476 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandano@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09B413C4F9 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandano@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1453987wxd for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:37:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=p4M+4yGwb66lBdjeiGAAmKKyVNSv9096X8zwGcJ4VpYZq9DtRUP+FDCTOLEXGk5wLptHUfjVi+DYz0m7osarvTG7U/qKE+08P98x0+kQMpgK6efBGFVi2eJPzRTkUIbdFinq9ZS/vsH5lBu3jcLcA8M7lGM/TTl4lZqmxc/kK+k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=oSiQGazUup4hWi9Y+VwKwbO4QPmOqdfDuPmOPhUt5Ukaco+HwiLn5CGR7ZL1pIotWldRA9zUDHolffRvF6o/0cK6Zr9m/LhURqawzNx67pfRykNc26oXTLEo/qww+5RlwLm5IWHNkntR0daGMI4XbSSzjnQHGS+3CJ5nNkGjOj0= Received: by 10.90.80.8 with SMTP id d8mr7485406agb.1183623158098; Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.65.18 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 01:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:12:38 +0200 From: "Rafael Ruiz" To: "Kevin Ogden" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AlphaServer 4100 LCD X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:37:19 -0000 Hi! In my humble one opinion, the best free operating system for Alpha platform is FreeBSD, especially in SMP systems. But FreeBSD development will be stopped for 7 branch. For this reason, we must to find another operating system. I have used *BSD, and Linux and each has good and not good things. I think that Linux is not appropiated for Alpha, but Debian and Gentoo are very stable distributions with a great numbers of applications ready for use. I have used Debian in many of my Alpha computers and is the operating system with less problems to work on Alpha system generic. I have worked with Debian and Gentoo on AlphaStation 255/300, API UP1100, API CS20, API UP2000, AlphaServer DS10 and DS10L, 164SX and 164LX. After FreeBSD, i have used fully NetBSD. I love NetBSD, and I think it is more faster than Linux, but has some problems in SMP systems, and XFree is difficult to configure for work without problems. I have used caseydoodley patches for XFree. I have some problems with CS20 SMP configuration and X o= n 164SX and 164LX and UP1100. I have never used OpenBSD. I have readed from home page that OpenBSD/Alpha was stopped, but now it seems to be ready again. I will have to check it, but i don=B4t think it different from NetBSD. Which is the future for Alpha plattform? Debian says that never will stop development for Alpha, the port is currently requalifyingfor inclusion. I think that NetBSD never left alpha port, but it need more developers. All comment are my personal opinion only. Thanks to all Alpha free operating systems for his great work. Thanks to FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, and Linux ports. Rafa 2007/7/3, Kevin Ogden : > > Is there any easy way to write anything to the built-in LCD on the > AlphaServer 4x00? I was thinking of trying to write a script to display > uptime/load averages/etc. Any sysctl variables or anything? > > Another question, is there really that much of a lack of interest in > keeping > alpha support going? This box is still a capable server and I really > don't > want to run Linux or Tru64 once FreeBSD 6 becomes stale. > > --Kevin D. Ogden > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 There are only 10 types people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't --