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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: DEC Alpha port of NetBSD
Date: 28 Nov 1995 07:33:32 GMT
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In-reply-to: coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu's message of 25 Nov 1995 08:57:44 GMT
In article <slrn4bdmff.43l.coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu (Richard Coleman) writes:
| If i remember right, there exist an Alpha port of NetBSD. I've read
| in the german UnixOpen magazine that there is a completely new port of
| LINUX for th Alpha hardware.
| Who can explain, why the developers at DEC begin from scratch and
| don't choose NetBSD?
| Who can say? Linux-mania?
|
| My impression is that the NetBSD approach was much cleaner, at least
| during development. And, DEC *used* to be a BSD shop.
|
| All I can say is that NetBSD/Alpha is here, is a fully operational
| port of NetBSD, is fully 64-bit, and is being actively maintained by a
| very capable individual.
It the Alpha port a part of the main development sources, or is it
a port separate from the main development baseline?
The Alpha port is every bit as much a part of the main development
tree as every other active port. It is a fully functional port of
NetBSD. As far as I know, there are very few things that don't work
(i. e. OSF/1 dynamically-linked binaries, probably not a huge number
of odd drivers yet, etc.)
Consult www.NetBSD.org, or write to port-alpha@NetBSD.org, if you want
to get a more authoritative answer from someone who actually uses the
port.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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