Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:21:22 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Henrik Wist <wist@ex.MuFFiN.Org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AlphaXL FAQ Message-ID: <20001117162122.A27462@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20001117232306.A50269@hex.ex.muffin.org>; from wist@ex.MuFFiN.Org on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:23:06PM %2B0100 References: <20001117232306.A50269@hex.ex.muffin.org>
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:23:06PM +0100, Henrik Wist wrote:
> I'm the proud(?) owner of an Alpha XL/366 with AlphaBios since today.
I thought 300MHz was the fastest. Sure it isn't a 266MHz?
> a) I need a SRM to run FreeBSD/Alpha.
> b) There is no SRM for the XL.
All true.
> is there _any_ way (like switching from AlphaBios to SRM or whatever)
> to get this box to run with FreeBSD (or NetBSD for that matter). I'm
> even willing to hack some code, if that would help. Any
> pointers/flames/hints appreciated, with best regards,
There is a WIP in /sys/boot/arc/ to allow us to boot and run on
AlphaBIOS. So you'd need to jump in and hack on that to finish it.
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