Subject: Re: Could run NetBSD 3.x or 4.0 on AlphaServer 2100 ?
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Anders Hjalmarsson <hjalmar@hjalmar.to>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/10/2007 23:14:29
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:30:07 MDT, "Michael L. Hitch" wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 
> > The biggest issue with AS2100 support is that I wrote it without any access
 
> > to AS2100 hardware.  Someone with access to hardware is going to have to 
> > debug it.
> 
>    I hung on to an AS2100A to try working with NetBSD, but had similar type
> problems.  I haven't had any time to try debugging it, and it's not real
> convenient to work on at the moment.
> 

I have NetBSD 4.99.8 running on an AlphaServer 2000 4/200, 190MHz with two
CPUs without any problems using a UP kernel. MP fails during boot with a
machine check,probably when enabling interrupts. I have never had the time
to debug it properly.


-hjalmar