From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HzEp5-0006Y1-UY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:55 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzEp4-0006We-IP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:54 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzEp3-0006V3-0c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:54 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzEp2-0006Uh-Kf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:52 -0400 Received: from mi0.bluebottle.com ([206.188.25.15]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HzEp1-0003rY-Tc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:52 -0400 Received: from fe0.bluebottle.com (internal.bluebottle.com [206.188.24.43]) by mi0.bluebottle.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5FGcnqm009707 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:49 -0700 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=mail; d=bluebottle.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to: subject:x-enigmail-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:x-antivirus:x-antivirus-status:x-virus-scanned: x-virus-status:x-trusted-delivery; b=yBBV6hjEj+AUgvM1TnxcheWHbpXRwp0+3SKwISe5ZFFayxAxFLnqX8CWyLwHkk97y et2dZAsFxzAtbdbw6KqbQPtsHkfj0cReFj7GZtXmNrM8y3k5xvn7THdvf+YbkhO Received: from [127.0.0.1] (mail.scent-team.com [216.37.246.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by fe0.bluebottle.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5FGci1N019496 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:48 -0700 Message-ID: <4672C095.6010902@bluebottle.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:38:45 -0400 From: Brian Evans User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000749-1, 06/15/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on localhost X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Trusted-Delivery: <2af51cd1458703610398e106121ae5d8> X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Feature Request: Alpha-Linux support.. possible? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:38:54 -0000 Hello all, The current DEC Alpha boot loaders MILO and aboot are unmaintained and frequently break with newer tool chains and kernels. How hard would it be to add Alpha to Grub-2? I'm not a very proficient programmer so myself adding such a project would not be wise. However, I do have an Alpha box to test with (read: break). Although the Alpha platform is no longer producing any new machines, many exist as servers or workstations and could be reused as Linux machines. Links to the current boot loaders are: MILO ( http://milo.core-systems.de/* ) *and aboot ( http://aboot.sourceforge.net/tarballs/ ) Thanks for your time. Brian Evans