first Linux port

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello,
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:54:07AM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:14:30AM -0700, Tom Linden wrote:
> > Can someone tell me when the first port of Linux to Digital HW ocurred?
> 
> As far as I know the first Alpha port was done in May 1994 by
> Jim Paradis from DEC labs in Massachusetts.  This was a 32-bit port
> but pretty quickly this was replaced by a 64-bit version which
> become "the one".

Actually, Linus was the guy with the 64-bit version and he beat the
internal DEC group (which was subsequently quickly scrachted again).
If you look at the sources of the aboot loader, you'll find his name
quite often:
/*
 * arch/alpha/lib/divide.S
 *
 * (C) 1995 Linus Torvalds
 *
 * Alpha division..
 */

Greetings

         Helge
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