Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 20:15:51 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to make my PC164 booting. Message-ID: <20001201201551.A50042@cicely8.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <14887.61320.684175.222685@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:40:27PM -0500 References: <14887.6213.634085.237730@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301933210.59011-100000@beppo.feral.com> <20001201193042.A49869@cicely8.cicely.de> <14887.61320.684175.222685@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
> Bernd Walter writes:
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 07:34:03PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> <..>
> > + if (strncmp(platform.model, "Digital AlphaPC 164 ", 20) == 0) {
>
>
> Something involving the variation might be better. Eg.
> if ((hwrpb->rpb_variation & SV_ST_MASK) <= SV_ST_ALPHAPC164_500)
Sounds better.
We may also want to remove EB164 from the handling.
But I never heared from anyone owning one.
> BTW, does this problem affect the EB164 models too, or just the
> various non LX or SX PC164s?
The linux comment about brokeness is only for PC164 but AFAIK noone tested
on other EB164 based systems.
The best would be to test the other systems wethers it's needed and
if yes if it works.
--
B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de
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