Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:04:18 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ia64 and ALPHA (+arm, sparc?) kernel developers: Message-ID: <20010828050418.CCF9C380F@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108271833220.74870-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > Actualy peter is most of the way through the alpha support as we speak. > I wouldn't know what the alpha looks like from a architecture pov > if it came and kicked me.. > I did some small parts already but peter just checked in more in P4. Latest news: The alpha made it to single user... (!). There is still a problem, but I will find that shortly. I have not yet built GENERIC, just my tuned kernel. Things like linux and osf1 compat still need doing. FWIW, the tail: ... Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz ata0-slave: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr ata0-slave: identify failed acd0: CDROM <CD-540E> at ata0-master PIO4 Waiting 2 seconds for SCSI devices to settle da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <SEAGATE ST318404LW 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da0: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C) da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 da1: <IBM DMVS18V 0250> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da1: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 31, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da1: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C) Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0a Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: # ls halted CPU 0 halt code = 2 kernel stack not valid halt PC = fffffc0000553020 CPU 0 booting ... "oops" :-) > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:44:04PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > This compiles and runs pretty solidly on 386. > > > it needs people who understand the other architectures to make > > > the appropriate changes and send them to me (or check them int P4) > > > > Have you even tried compiling this on beast.freebsd.org? You didn't say. > > > > Unfortuneatly the burdon is on you to make this work on the Alpha > > platform before you commit it. > > > > -- > > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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