* Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020703 10:19]: > > no big deal, Alpha is dead. I'll just back-patch my old working tree > > (I need tftpboot). > > For reference it broke about the time I added the LinuxBIOS table. Back-patching would mean that there is no chance to use the LinuxBIOS table, which is nice to have though. Last time I looked at it, the LB table was only in the x86 specific dicrectories, and should be moved be generic code for all platforms (is this already the case by now?)
> > > I think we can do a much better alpha port if we reexamine the current > > > structure. Hardwaremain has become increasingly generic. I did a patch to get linuxbios compiled for ds10 a while ago, and I made it use the LinuxBIOS table. I did not succeed with switching to alternate firmware on my DS10 and after I killed one already I did not dare testing it yet. > When we get there of course. Though I think I'd really appreciate > a ppc port or a port to some other big endian machine just to keep us > honest. http://www.agelectronics.co.uk/gbios/ could provide some hints. Stefan -- The x86 isn't all that complex - it just doesn't make a lot of sense. -- Mike Johnson, Leader of 80x86 Design at AMD Microprocessor Report (1994)
