Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:48:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: Jim Babcock <jimbus@usa.com>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha: kernel stack not valid halt Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0505221742270.5825@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050522144014.GA936@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041013113220.D2154CA0A8@ws3-2.us4.outblaze.com> <20041013122317.GA15195@freebie.xs4all.nl> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0505221504200.5825@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <20050522144014.GA936@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, 22 May 2005, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:09:46PM +0200, Sten Spans wrote.. >> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Wilko Bulte wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:32:20AM -0500, Jim Babcock wrote.. >>> >>> You are most likely the first person ever to try a DS15.... >>> >>> In other words, this is most likely not gonna work. >> >> It's a shame that no BSD supports the ds15. The biggest >> challenge is integrating support for the titan chipset, >> for which linux code exists. >> >> I'd love working on it, but the hardware is still somewhat >> expensive. A hardware donation would certainly help to >> get the work done. > > DS15 is a neat box, but I have never had my hands on one. > They are not too common, or more accurate, they are most > likely in full commercial production use. Which makes them > rare & expensive in the surplus market. Indeed, quite a shame really. I'll probably have to wait a few more years before I can start trying to get FreeBSD going on one. Let's hope that FreeBSD/Alpha will still be somewhat alive by then. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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