To: axp-list@redhat.com Cc: engel@unix-ag.org, paul@softway.com.au, prescott@neptune.phys.ufl.edu Subject: Turbochannel alpha support for linux Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:37:12 -0400 From: Craig P Prescott Hello; I would like to poll the collective knowledge of axp-list and the Linux/DecStation folk for advice/wisdom on how to provide linux support for the DEC 3000 series of turbochannel based alphas. This is something I'm interested in working on for the learning experience and for fun... I've never done remotely anything like this before, so I'm sure it would take me some time to advance upon the learning curve. I do have access to a wide variety of alpha hardware at work, turbochannel and PCI based, running Linux and Digital Unix, and also have an AS200 at home to work on. And since a lot of the hardware on the DecStations and the DEC 3000 AXPs is the same, I'd imagine that a lot of the Linux/DecStation work would apply to the turbochannel alphas, and allow me contribute to both development efforts at the same time. And the *BSDs already have support for these alphas... I have never worked in a cross-platform development environment, though, and have never done any kernel related work either. So I really don't know where to start... there does seem to be a wealth of documentation available regarding the hardware. I should add that I've read Jim Paradis' Kernel Korner article describing the port of linux to the alpha, and that I certainly do not understand all the details therein... but I do have (userland) software development experience, and motivation to learn! If anyone could provide ideas for a "roadmap", point me at docs, tell me that I'm crazy to even think about this and/or that it is seems evident I do not have the skills to contribute to something like this, or *anything* you think is relevant , I'd be grateful! Thanks in advance, Craig --- Craig P Prescott, grad student (352) 846-3145 (Phone) 2011 New Physics Building (352) 392-8863 (Fax) University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 prescott@phys.ufl.edu -- To unsubscribe: send e-mail to axp-list-request@redhat.com with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Do not send it to axp-list@redhat.com