From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 15 16:52:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335E116A4CE for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:52:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2842543D55 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:52:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBFGqDKX094192; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:52:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBFGqDcw006001; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:52:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBFGqC5g006000; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:52:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:52:12 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041215165212.GA5978@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041210202803.GI90137@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20041210211612.GA90601@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20041210220114.GQ63234@cicely12.cicely.de> <20041215162049.GC31842@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041215162049.GC31842@dragon.nuxi.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 4.11-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: FYI, no-go with booting FreeBSD-5.3 on AlphaServer ES40 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:52:16 -0000 On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:20:49AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote.. > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 11:01:15PM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote: > > I have an implementation that should work for ES40 as well, but > > unfortunately there are some bugs I hadn't time to find yet. > > I thought about splitting it up and start commiting a few structural > > changes soon so FreeBSD at least knows it's limitations and can > > automatically reduce physical memory until the implementation is > > working. > > Go Bernd, go! :-) > It would be great to get your work committed in some form. > Since Alpha is now Tier-2; you could commit it even in an ugly #ifdef > form where you might could get more testers, etc... Go and washed thou mouth with soap.. ;-) W/ -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org