Matt, list: perhaps we in the land of abundant and cheap EV56 and above systems can help those few who are still using the lower-numbered CPU systems upgrade? You cn mail a 164 LX mobo/cpu care package anywhere in the world fairly cheaply.
I've done similar in the past. It's nicw if the recipient agrees topay the postage. just a thought - we need all the hands and heads we can get to keep the Alpha architecture in play. jn ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Matt Turner <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], Linux on Alpha processors <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:08:00 -0400 Subject: [RFC] Dropping Alpha sparse mapping support from X > Hi, > I'd like to drop support for non-BWX Alphas (EV4 and original EV5) > from X. These machines can't load/store to single bytes and require > special sparse memory mappings. > > The code required to select which functions (sparse, dense) is > convoluted, adds an extra layer of indirection, probably gets close > to zero usage, and even less testing. > > Does anyone use X on EV4 or EV5 (not EV56, EV56 has BWX)? > > Thanks, > Matt Turner > > _______________________________________________ > axp-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
