> AS600 has an EV5 cpu, not an EV56, so IIRC you might have to clean up some assembler code and add some assembler for drivers to work properly without BWX instructions

Last time I tried, you can get Plan 9 to build with the -b flag to the compiler. (at least I think it's -b... there's definitely a "no-bwx" switch.)  I was able to get the bootloader working on my Multia, but couldn't get it to download the config file via my Mac OS X-hosted tftp server.  It'd at least get to that point, though...

I'm getting inspired to give it another try now that I've got an XP1000...




-----Original Message-----
From: 9fans-bounces+bhuntsman=mail2.cu-portland.edu@cse.psu.edu on behalf of john@csplan9.rit.edu
Sent: Wed 2/13/2008 2:58 PM
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation
 
> Pawel Lasek wrote:
>> Unfortunately my time for working on Alpha port is really limited and
>> my AS is in need of parts (It's really hard to get parity FP simms
>> these day, at least here, and 48 MB is not enough). And also my main
>> priority is to get a newer VMS installed on it, so Plan9 will need to
>> wait even more.
>> 
>> An interesting thing to try for porting might be DS10, for which
>> someone has been writing an emulator - It would be nice to show a
>> working Plan9 network composed of only Alphas one day :-)
> 
> I have AlphaStations in Sydney, Australia which are free to good homes. 
>   A pile of AS200s and a very big pile of AS255s (I think - I'll have to 
> check again).
> 
> I probably have enough to give at least one to everybody active on 
> 9fans. (I'm not kidding).
> 
> I have to get rid of them too.
> 
> E-mail me off-list if you're interested to negotiate transport/pickup.
> 
> I will also make it clear that I don't have time to pre-test to weed out 
> broken units or to run around chasing couriers, so only if you're 
> serious, thanks.
> 
> - Chris.

Yes, people, please take them and work on the port... my AlphaStation
250 is lonely only running VMS.

John