Re: Alpha support in 3.3

> I recently came across this comment at /.

I'll second what Mathieu said about reading slashdot.

> I was just looking for a XP1000 box just this week to run an openbsd
> server,
> so I certainly do not
> want to make this investment if this machine will not be supported in
> newer
> releases.

My experience with OpenBSD on alpha was horrible. For what it is worth, it was similarly broken in NetBSD. I think the problem is that the architecture is not in very wide use, and the people that seem to still be clinging on to Alpha are also clinging on to <shudder> OpenVMS (the "open" is silent).

You probably would be better off with ia32, as Tyler said. If you want 64-bit, I'd suggest Sparc64, but I think that too has had some hardware issues (especially with regards to the US-III conundrum, and Theo has been making noise about not supporting it and instead going with Opteron).

Typically, 32-bit cpu's are sufficient. If you really need 64-bit, you might be using the wrong operating system. I understand Tru64 is nice, but I don't have any experience with it. I can tell you that Solaris 9 is some cool shit, and Ultrasparc gear is coming way down in price. Ultra 30's and Ultra 2's (1x300 and 2x300 mhz US-II cpus respectively) can be had for under $300.

Alex

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