Alpha: kernel stack not valid halt

[Sten Spans]

On Sun, 22 May 2005, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:09:46PM +0200, Sten Spans wrote..
>> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:32:20AM -0500, Jim Babcock wrote..
>>>
>>> You are most likely the first person ever to try a DS15....
>>>
>>> In other words, this is most likely not gonna work.
>>
>> It's a shame that no BSD supports the ds15. The biggest
>> challenge is integrating support for the titan chipset,
>> for which linux code exists.
>>
>> I'd love working on it, but the hardware is still somewhat
>> expensive. A hardware donation would certainly help to
>> get the work done.
>
> DS15 is a neat box, but I have never had my hands on one.
> They are not too common, or more accurate, they are most
> likely in full commercial production use.  Which makes them
> rare & expensive in the surplus market.

Indeed, quite a shame really.

I'll probably have to wait a few more years before
I can start trying to get FreeBSD going on one.
Let's hope that FreeBSD/Alpha will still be
somewhat alive by then.

-- 
Sten Spans

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