Alpha Core 3 is available

Wed Mar 7 08:43:40 UTC 2007

Can someone put up a list of mirrors and maybe also add a script that 
checks the availability of those? I guess there are already scripts that 
can handle such things...

Best,
  Oliver

Am 2007-03-06 19:17, Arc C. schrieb:
>   Downloaded and put the ISO images for public on my http server:
> 
> http://yakov.dls.net/fedora/3/alpha
> 
>   Thanks for a nice work. Beautiful name for release.
> 
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 12:49 PM
>> To: Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors
>> Subject: Alpha Core 3 is available
>>
>> 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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