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Modified: gentoo-alpha-faq.xml |
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Updated alpha FAQ (yay, cool arch) for bug #137583. thanks to tcort for reporting and the patch. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.3 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml.diff?r1=1.2&r2=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: gentoo-alpha-faq.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.2 |
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retrieving revision 1.3 |
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 |
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--- gentoo-alpha-faq.xml 4 Apr 2006 00:44:33 -0000 1.2 |
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+++ gentoo-alpha-faq.xml 22 Jun 2006 20:01:26 -0000 1.3 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml,v 1.2 2006/04/04 00:44:33 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml,v 1.3 2006/06/22 20:01:26 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.1</version> |
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-<date>2006-04-03</date> |
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+<version>1.2</version> |
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+<date>2006-06-21</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>About this Document</title> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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+<b>Hardware</b> |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<ul> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="#ascase">I opened up the case on an AlphaServer and now it won't |
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+ power on, what do I do?</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+</ul> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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<b>Alpha Specific Compiler Flags</b> |
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</p> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<uri link="#MTUNE"> |
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- How do I specify the scheduling model without changing the instruction set? |
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+ How do I specify the scheduling model without changing the instruction |
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+ set? |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li><uri link="#whichbootloader">Which bootloader do I use?</uri></li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="#abootfs"> |
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+ Can aboot boot kernels from xfs, reiserfs, or jfs partitions? |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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-<b>Java on Gentoo/Alpha</b> |
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+<b>Software</b> |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li><uri link="#javasupport">How is Java support in Gentoo/Alpha?</uri></li> |
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<li><uri link="#compaqjava">What's wrong with compaq-jdk?</uri></li> |
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- <li><uri link="#currentjava">Will there ever be working Java support?</uri></li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="#currentjava">Will there ever be working Java support?</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li><uri link="#dotnetsupport">How is .NET support in Gentoo/Alpha?</uri></li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="#dotnetneeded">What is needed for .NET support?</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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The Gentoo/Alpha project is responsible for keeping the Gentoo distribution |
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updated and current for the Alpha platform. This primarily includes keywording |
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-and new releases. The Gentoo/Alpha project aims to provide a usable environment |
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-for both desktop and server usage. |
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+packages, porting software, and making new releases. The Gentoo/Alpha project |
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+aims to provide a usable environment for both desktops and servers. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-You can find out about the current status of the Gentoo/Alpha project in our |
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-status reports. Jose Luis Rivero (<mail |
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-link="yoswink@g.o">yoswink</mail>) plans on releasing a Gentoo/Alpha |
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-status report about once every 6 months. The current status report can be found |
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-<uri link="/proj/en/base/alpha/status/status-20051207.xml"> here</uri>. |
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+You can find out about the current status of the Gentoo/Alpha project via |
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+status reports. These reports inform the public about what we've been up to. |
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+New status reports will be posted about once every 6 months. Current and past |
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+status report can be found on the <uri |
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+link="/proj/en/base/alpha/status/index.xml">Status Reports Project page</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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+<title>Hardware</title> |
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+<section id="ascase"> |
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+<title>I opened up the case on an AlphaServer and now it won't power |
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+on, what do I do?</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Make sure the top panel of the case is on and properly in place. The middle of |
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+the top panel of the case has a small piece of metal oriented downwards. When |
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+the top panel is put back in place properly, the small piece of metal will |
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+press down on a switch. When the switch isn't pressed down, the system will |
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+refuse to power on. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+</chapter> |
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+ |
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+<chapter> |
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<title>Alpha Specific Compiler Flags</title> |
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<section id="CFLAGS"> |
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<title>Is the use of Alpha specific compiler flags recommended?</title> |
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</section> |
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+<section id="abootfs"> |
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+<title>Can aboot boot kernels from xfs, reiserfs, or jfs partitions?</title> |
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+<body> |
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+<p> |
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+No, <c>aboot</c> only supports booting kernels from <c>ext2</c> and <c>ext3</c> |
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+partitions. You may still use other files systems for your root partition, you |
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+just need to create a <path>/boot</path> partition with either <c>ext2</c> or |
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+<c>ext3</c> on it. |
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+</p> |
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+<p> |
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+Support for reiserfs and xfs is planned. In fact, there are patches floating |
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+around that add support for those two file systems. However, the use of those |
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+patches is unsupported. |
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+</p> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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-<title>Java on Gentoo/Alpha</title> |
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+<title>Software</title> |
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<section id="javasupport"> |
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<title>How is Java support in Gentoo/Alpha?</title> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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+<section id="dotnetsupport"> |
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+<title>How is .NET support in Gentoo/Alpha?</title> |
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+<body> |
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+<p> |
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+Neither of the two main open source efforts, <uri |
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+link="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page">mono</uri> nor <uri |
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+link="http://www.dotgnu.org/">DotGNU</uri>, support the alpha architecture. |
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+</p> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section id="dotnetneeded"> |
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+<title>What is needed for .NET support?</title> |
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+<body> |
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+<p> |
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+Bringing .NET to alpha isn't a simple task. It requires coding all of the |
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+assembly language code generation macros for the JIT (just in time) compiler |
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+and coding architecture specific functions (register allocators, etc). |
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+</p> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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<c>hardened-sources</c> and SELinux support is being worked on by Stephen |
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-Bennett (<mail link="spb@g.o">spb</mail>). We hope to see an SELinux |
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-profile for Alpha in the tree as soon as we feel confident about it. |
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+Bennett (<mail link="spb@g.o">spb</mail>). <c>hardened-sources</c> is |
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+currently keyworded for alpha. We hope to see an SELinux profile for Alpha in |
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+the tree as soon as we feel confident about it. |
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<body> |
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-Working SMP for Alpha with the 2.6 Linux kernel varies from version to version. |
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-If you find that it is broken and want SMP support you will need to use a 2.4 |
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-kernel. If you really need to run a 2.6 kernel on an SMP box and you don't care |
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-that only one of your processors is getting used, then you could configure the |
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-2.6 kernel without SMP support. |
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-The 2.6 Linux kernel runs fine on uniprocessor Alpha systems. |
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+There were some times in the past when it was broken. However, <c>2.6.15.1</c> |
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+and <c>2.6.16.19</c> are both known to work well. If you find that SMP is |
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+broken and want SMP support you will need revert to the one of the versions |
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+mentioned above or use a 2.4 kernel. If you really need to run the latest 2.6 |
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+kernel on an SMP box and you don't care that only one of your processors is |
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+getting used, then you could configure the 2.6 kernel without SMP support. |
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If you find a bug or you want to send us patches, then you need to file a bug |
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-report. It only takes you a little while, and your help is really appreciated. |
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-Please follow the <uri link="/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml">Gentoo Bug Reporting |
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-Guide</uri>. |
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+report. It only takes you a little bit of your time, and your help is really |
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+appreciated. Please follow the <uri link="/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml">Gentoo |
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+Bug Reporting Guide</uri>. |
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forum</uri> and IRC channel. |
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<li>Sending patches</li> |
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+ <li>Becoming an <uri |
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+ link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/alpha/AT/index.xml">AT</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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<body> |
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-At the moment there is no arch testers project for Gentoo/Alpha. However, there |
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-will be one in the future. Fernando J. Pereda (<mail |
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-link="ferdy@g.o">ferdy</mail>) has been working on getting the project |
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-off the ground. |
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+Yes, see the <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/alpha/AT/index.xml"> |
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+Gentoo Linux Alpha Arch Testers Project</uri> page for details. |
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On the <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org">Gentoo Forums</uri> there are |
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several arch specific categories like <uri |
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link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-24.html">Gentoo on PPC</uri> and |
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-<uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-24.html">Gentoo on Sparc</uri>. |
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-There is no Gentoo on Alpha category because there simply isn't enough |
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-Gentoo/Alpha activity on the forums to warrant one. All Alpha related posts |
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-should go in the <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-32.html"> |
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-Gentoo on Alternative Architectures</uri> category. |
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+<uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-24.html">Gentoo on |
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+Sparc</uri>. There is no Gentoo on Alpha category because there simply isn't |
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+enough Gentoo/Alpha activity on the forums to warrant one. All Alpha related |
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+posts should go in the <uri |
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+link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-32.html"> Gentoo on Alternative |
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+Architectures</uri> category. |
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