Subject: new alpha kernel source snapshot...
To: None <port-alpha@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@BALVENIE.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/11/1995 22:17:33
i put a new alpha kernel source snapshot up for FTP, at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/alpha/sys.950811.tar.gz
no new kernel binaries, and no new complete snapshot, yet, though i
hope to do at least the former soon.
i think the biggest notes about the new kernel:
(1) NEW, IMPROVED, BIGGER, BETTER, well, mostly rewritten
PCI support. 8-) should now support multiple PCI-bearing
chipsets sanely, and is known to work OK with PCI-PCI
bridges.
(2) console support now works, for 8-bit TGA frame buffers and
for VGA frame buffers. 32-bit TGA frame buffers are not
yet supported (though i now have access to one of them, to
play with).
(3) TurboChannel support is ... suffering, due to my lack of a
TC machine.
Additionally, i'm slowly adding support for more machine types
(e.g. i've been working on AlphaStation 600 support), and other people
apparently are going to give other machine types a crack, as well.
if you're using this kernel, you also want to grab:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/etc/etc.alpha/...
.../ttys
.../MAKEDEV
and will need to update your device nodes and MAKDEV file.
chris