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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:16:21 +0200
From:      Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF problems to occur
Message-ID:  <35D6F7C5.5EF9E07C@pipeline.ch>
References:  <199808161253.WAA14771@cimlogic.com.au>

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John Birrell wrote:
> Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > John Birrell wrote:
-snip-
> > > FreeBSD/Alpha is now using a native kernel. I'm about to remove all the
> > > NetBSD kludges from libc that provided the NetBSD syscall interface we've
> > > used until now.
> >
> > Pls. tell me when it's time to buy an Alpha box!
> 
> Would a FreeBSD/Alpha 3.0 release be sufficient for you to do that?

Yea. It should be relative easy to install (no NetBSD or tape or
whatever kludges, the best would be a floppy like on i386).

> It might be called a beta release, or perhaps a snapshot.

Snapshot is fine. How far is the port? (I used to follow the cvs-sys
mails once a week, but the archiver on ftp.freebsd.org isn't working
anymore).

Are there any pitfalls on FreeBSD/Alpha or what does not work / or is
completely different than on i386?

TIA
-- 
Andre

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