What about building a custom 1.5 kernel for it? Or not worth the effort?

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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Bruce Ediger [mailto:eballen1@qwest.net]
-> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:42 PM
-> To: port-alpha@netbsd.org
-> Subject: Re: Multia netbooting NetBSD 1.5 troubles
-> 
-> 
-> I wrote:
-> 
-> > I've got a Multia (166MHz Alpha CPU, 32 Mb memory), 
-> firmware version
-> > 3.5-7 according to the "ARC" thing, I think that SRM said something
-> > similar.  Currently, the Multia runs Red Hat 5.0 (Linux 
-> kernel 2.0.30),
-> > so I'm pretty sure that all the hardware works.  I booted RH 5.0
-> > after trying to get NetBSD 1.5 going, so I haven't fubared 
-> anything too
-> > bad.
-> 	...
-> > Both kernels say "stray isa irq 4" and then appear to lock up.
-> >
-> > How do I fix this?
-> 
-> The answer is "Use NetBSD 1.4.3". Apparently, NetBSD 1.5 doesn't deal
-> with serial port interrupts correctly. See:
-> 
-> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2000/10/12/0005.html
-> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2000/12/03/0007.html
-> 
-> Using an older OS doesn't bother me, particularly since this 
-> is an older
-> computer (the Multia has a firmware rev dating to 1994).  
-> NetBSD 1.4.3
-> is positively modern compared to the Red Hat 5.0/Linux 
-> 2.0.30 that's on
-> it now.
-> 
->