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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:25:04 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        walter@fortean.com (Bruce Walter)
Cc:        jb@cimlogic.com.au, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PALcode (was: Anyone up for an exorcism?)
Message-ID:  <199906202225.IAA06848@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990620111856.3730A-100000@callisto.fortean.com> from Bruce Walter at "Jun 20, 1999 11:23:23 am"

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Bruce Walter wrote:
> > Obtaining up-to-date-for-each-system sources for the palcode is
> > problematic. It would be nice if Compaq would just release the sources
> > and let us maintain them after they make boards/systems obsolete. 
> 
> Has anyone spoken to them about this?  With rumours that Compaq may ditch
> the whole alpha lot (to Samsung maybe?), I wonder if it may become possible.
> MILO sources are distributed with older PALcode sources, and given their
> close ties to Linux...

If anyone can persuade the right person in Compaq, we'd all be grateful.

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137


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