Re: Debian support of AlphaServer 2100a.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:17:28AM -0400, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
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> > Does anybody knows any plan to support Debian on AlphaServer 2100a?
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> There are no plans that I'm aware of, although I've never even seen a
> 2100a, so I wouldn't know what makes it so unique compared to the other
> 21xx's. I'll re-check the kernel, though, if I can figure out what makes
> it different from the Sables that are in the 21xx family.
2100A (aka LYNX) differs from 2100 (SABLE) in interrupt delivery details;
current Linux kernels do not support it, though one of the *BSDs does now.
And yes, they are relatively rare compared to SABLEs.
--Jay++
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