Alpha Core 3 is available

[Oliver Falk]

Sergey Tikhonov schrieb:
> Hello All,
>
>                 Alpha Core 3 Release Notes
>               ==============================
>
>     Welcome to Alpha Core 3 (Nastia) final version !
>
>     This release is based on the Fedora Core 5 release + some packages
> from updates. Everything's just been a straight rebuild of the SRPMs
> where possible. Where changes have been necessary, the release number
> has had "axp" and a further revision number appended.
>
>     Where a package has failed to build properly, or something not
> worked we followed the following steps:
>
> 1) Check for obvious problems caused by the build system having older
> versions of supporting utilities. Rebuild those first.
>
> 2) See if the cause is something obvious that can be fixed with a simple
> change to the .spec file. A couple of the uglier hacks come from this
> step (see the Beecrypt SRPM).
>
> 3) Grab the latest version of the package from the Rawhide tree and try
> building that, try match a compromise version but not necessarily latest
> (see kernel).
>
> 4) Hounted alpha specific bugs and write patches wich are submited to
> Fedora folks upstream, and merged with our alphacore.
>
>
> Things in AC3 (in addition to FC5 release notes)
> ================================================
>
> 1. gcc 4.1.1-1 - one of the latest version of gcc tree with working
> java. Most of the java packages are built and included into the
> distribution.
>
> Special features
> ----------------
>
> 1. mono 1.2.2.1.fc5axp - preview of C# on Alpha. Jist-In-Time (JIT)
> produces native code.
>
> Alpha Kernel Notes
> ------------------
> 1. Recent kernel 2.6.17. The distribution kernel supports some new 
>    sysctl calls (they are not exported in vanilla kernel).
>
> 2. Support for TITAN-based machines (DS15/DS25/ES45) and
>    TSUNAMI-based machines (DS10/DS20/ES40/XP1000) can now handle
>    graphics controllers not on the primary PCI "hose" (aka domain).
>    This is important especially for DS15 and ES45, since the PCI bus
>    with slots on DS15 is hose #2, and the AGP slot on ES45 is also
>    hose #2.
>
> 3. Support for MARVEL (ES47 et al) is now working (default: 16 CPUs max)
>
> 4. The problem with AS800/Digital Server 3305 and DE500-BA tulip NIC
>    crashing is now fixed
>
> Huge thanks to Jay Estabrook.
>
> Alpha XORG 7.1.1 Notes
> ----------------------
>
> 1. DRI/DRM for Radeon-based graphics cards seems quite stable.
>
> 2. DRI/DRM will now work on graphics cards not in "hose" #0, so
>    3D apps will run on DS15 and ES45/AGP.
>
> 3. Modular Xorg server is expected to work.
>
> Known Issues
> ============
> 1. Java packages could produce "unaligned access exception" (UAE)
> messages in /var/log/message. They are very rare.
>
> 2. gcc could produce a code that can generate UAEs. In most cases that
> is the problem in source code that should be fixed.
>
> 3. No support for MILO machines. Sorry.
>
> 4. The installer offer less functionality than before. Don't try to
> customize packages during install - it likely won't work. Just let the
> installer to install packages for one of predefined configurations.
> Additional packages could be installed later manually or via "yum" from
> local repository.
>
> 5. The SMP kernel is not installed by default - it should be installed
> manually.
>
> 6. The installer doesn't install the correct xorg driver (as far as I
> understand it installs vesa driver). The proper driver should be
> installed manually.
>
> 7. The NFS image install expects to have just iso images in exported
> directory (not the full install tree). Just copy distribution iso images
> to exported NFS directory and select "NFS image" install method (the
> installer should be ran with "askmethod" parameter).
>
> 8. The "prelink" package doesn't work.
>
> The iso images are available at:
> ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/AlphaLinux/core/3.0b/iso
>
> The SRPMS iso image is available too.
>
> Hall of Fame
> ============
> Thanks very much to Jay Estabrook (HP) for his kernel/xorg patches and
> testing efforts and support. He helped to resolve a showstopper issue
> with xorg packages that really delayied the AC3 release.
> Thanks very much to Cristian Balint for being with the project.
> Thanks to RedHat who accept patches for Alpha.
>
> Also a very special thanks for people who participated on the mailing
> list with posting suggestions and bug reports.
>
> If want to participate or just simply feel that something not work
> please mail or check these out:
> AXP-List: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list
>
> "Do svidania", hope for meeting on an AC 4 release.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey.
>
> tsv at solvo.ru
>
>
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>   
Sergey, is it possible to get rsync access to rdsor from one specific 
IP? Often mirroing via ftp (lftp)  runs into problems...

Best,
 Oliver