Secondary architectures ...

[Dialup Jon Norstog]

To the list:

This thread has got me thinking, maybe I should bail out?  So I did a quick
check of the usual suspects.  FreeBSD has removed support for AXP from version
7.0 but they say they will keep 6.XX going for a while.

OpenBSD supports Alpha in current version 4.4 but their hardware list is a
little short. NetBSD is still supporting Alpha, too.  But neither of these
BSDs is a substitute for a full-blown Linux distro.

Tru64 is still pretty good if you can get your hands on binaries.  I have the
latest version of ArcInfo for Tru64, but that is the only program I use under
that unix.

Probably I'll stick with Linux as long as I can.  One last good distro with a
full set of tools and libs, and I can go at least five years on it ...


jn

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Alex Deucher" <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
To: "Linux on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:14:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Secondary architectures and marketing

> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Alan Young <ayoung at teleport.com> wrote:
> > Alex Deucher wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Oliver Falk <oliver at linux-kernel.at>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Matt Turner wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Oliver Falk <oliver at linux-kernel.at>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [ ... ]
> >>>>
> >>>> After working on the problem, Jay independently came to the exact
> >>>> solution Gentoo arrived at before. This, by definition, is duplication
> >>>> of effort.
> >>>
> >>> Yes. That's duplication of effort. And as Jay said. Why did that happen?
> >>> Because of the lack of communication. See my other mail. A common axp
> >>> patches store would help a lot in this case.
> >>
> >> What about something like patchwork?
> >> http://patchwork.kernel.org/
> >>
> >> If everyone send patches to the list, at least they'd end up in one place.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >
> > Is patchwork limited to vger lists (linux-alpha)?  Or can it track non-vger
> > lists?  If it could monitor the various lists (linux-alpha, redhat-axp,
> > gentoo-alpha, debian-alpha, etc.) that could help to bring patches together.
> 
> I don't know off hand, but I suspect just vger lists.  One could do
> something similar for alpha lists.
> 
> Alex
> 
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