From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NdNXZ-0002IW-OL for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:05 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdNXZ-0002I2-0R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58925 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdNXY-0002Hl-Ms for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdNXW-00064t-FJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:04 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:56546) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdNXV-00064h-T1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:02 -0500 Received: from [85.180.23.7] (e180023007.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.23.7]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MDCvo-1NVi2k0R7U-00GWvQ; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:58 +0100 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GNU GRUB In-Reply-To: <4B6B3B27.2050704@gmail.com> References: <4B6B3B27.2050704@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:56 +0100 Message-ID: <1265373836.2775.4.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/bgAEGN1/NRuLC/+DmfewTqvOP4iVScWQLaJs Yh333VbN4oeYVrJGlSLVbEZUjzW7VaL2nXK1VCTtuDf9i6BdHX 9EXvj7v+ZiMahphyWu3NA== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: GRUB 2 for DEC Alpha? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:44:05 -0000 Am Donnerstag, den 04.02.2010, 22:24 +0100 schrieb Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko: >=20 > Matt Turner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I learned today that GRUB 2 aims to be cross platform and already > > supports in some form PPC. > > > > Is there any interest in supporting the DEC Alpha (SRM) platform? > > > > =20 > Is there still any interest in this? I have a possibility of buying > cheaply an Alpha Workstation. If I do I can lend a hand in porting but > I > don't want to do the whole porting myself. (nor I see any point if > nobody is interested in it)=20 Debian squeeze will probable be released without the alpha Architecture [0] and Wikipedia tells there are no new Alphas sold since April 2007. I think there are more important things to do then adding support for an architecture which is already in the progress to die. [0] http://release.debian.org/squeeze/arch_qualify.html --=20 Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer