Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:17:50 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: Michael.Waite@compaq.com, "'Peter Jeremy'" <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for AlphaServer 4100 Message-ID: <200002150017.QAA04904@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:02:53 %2B0100." <20000214230253.C77766@yedi.iaf.nl>
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> On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 01:45:03PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Well for one, FreeBSD doesn't support SMP. > > > > That's been a killer for a while now; it looks like some progress might > > actually be made soon, as we have finally gotten our mitts onto a box > > small enough to send to the UK. (No offense intended to Compaq here; > > just our inability to ship something quite as studly as a DS20 that far > > in safety.) > > Duh. Compaq logistics should very well be capable of sending anything > anywhere (including the UK ;-) So, assuming CPQ US handles shipping > things should work out just fine. If they need a CPQ middleman in the EC > they can drop me a line at my Compaq email address. We've tried flying this before, but never had any luck. I get the impression that there are regional issues within Compaq that make it moderately difficult. There's also a terrible disaster story associated with trying to get a machine to Peter Wemm a few years back that has left the Project a bit chary of this sort of thing. At any rate, we have a workaround as soon as we can get this UP2000 properly sorted; there are parts in transit from API that should take care of that, and it'll be on its way as soon after that as practical. Michael has told us there's another 4100 on its way which will probably replace the UP2000 as 'beast', unless it finds a better home. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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