From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 15:48:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org 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 3DA2516A41C for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 15:48:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A5543D58 for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 15:48:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FABB3F294; Sun, 22 May 2005 17:48:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 26B6127D; Sun, 22 May 2005 17:48:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC9E13D; Sun, 22 May 2005 17:48:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:48:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Wilko Bulte In-Reply-To: <20050522144014.GA936@freebie.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: References: <20041013113220.D2154CA0A8@ws3-2.us4.outblaze.com> <20041013122317.GA15195@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20050522144014.GA936@freebie.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Jim Babcock , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha: kernel stack not valid halt X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 15:48:41 -0000 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