5.3-BETA1 for Alpha available

[Wilko Bulte]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 09:21:51PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote..
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 09:01:20PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 03:11:50PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote..
> > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 11:50:02AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 01:40:33AM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote..

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> > > A complete boot -v output would be interessting to see routing
> > > decisions - sounds much like someone broke IRQ routing on alpha.
> > > LCA based alphas are the only alphas so far that we have enabled
> > > interrupt routing and possibly the only alphas that share ISA and PCI
> > > interrupts.
> > 
> > Ruslan just reported that BETA1 just installed fine on his NoName
> > (see his posting to alpha@).  
> 
> I saw - even Gheorghe reported his System to boot with -v.
> Seems like the IRQ line was intended to be printed after the panic.
> Would be nice to know how this could be reproduced.

Good question..

> > > To be exact AXPpci33 is LCA with an 21066 CPU or LCA45 with an 21066A
> > > CPU, which is very similar to EV4 and EV45.
> > 
> > Ruslan has a 166MHz, so an 21066 CPU.
> 
> Unless he underclocked his System :)

Nope.. I shipped him this NoName.. :)

> 
> I know that the board works with an A type CPU and their higher clock
> rates, but 21066A CPUs are not mentioned in my Version of AXPpci33's
> "OEM Design Guide".
> What is mentioned in it is a 21068 66MHz CPU, which I don't know
> anything else about.

Never seen one.  Nor am I interested.. it must be dog slow..

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org