Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 20:55:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <kpieckiel-freebsd-alpha@smartrafficenter.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AS1200 Message-ID: <20030403185510.GA6302@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030403131752.GA90878@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> References: <20030403131752.GA90878@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org>
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:17:52AM -0500, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote: > I just acquired an AlphaServer 1200. This is my first experience with actually > operating an alpha aside from having a shell account on one. When it arrives, > it will have NetBSD; I'm considering putting FreeBSD on it. Should I decide to > do so, how can I best help the alpha developers of FreeBSD in regards to testing > and bug reporting? I'm a developer who's intimately familiar with ANSI C, but > I've never attempted to become familiar with kernel code. I'm willing to spend > some time on the alpha port since I now own an alpha. I'm guessing running > 5.0-current would be helpful, since there are LOTS of untested architectural > changes in the code.... > > Or is this best asked on -hackers? There are not too many people with AS1200 in the FreeBSD community (it seems, when I looked for testers, see also http://www.freebsd.org/~wilko/testhw.html). So as a tester you are more than welcome :-P I suggest to play with 4.8 / stable a bit before going to -current. Until you get more familiar with FreeBSD. -current can be a bit of a rocky ride, especially on non-x86 architectures. my €0.02.. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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