Andy> - Does anyone did a Linux-Alpha installation on a AlphaStation
Andy> 255?
The FAQ doesn't list it, so I don't know positively of anybody running
Linux on a 255. Please let me know if this isn't true anymore so I
can update the FAQ.
Andy> - Does anyone made a cross compile with Digital Unix and cc?
You do need gcc and it better be gcc 2.7.1+patches. It would be best
to use the patches that come with the Red Hat RPM since that will make
sure that you'll end up with a kernel that actually has a chance of
working properly. Note that unpatched 2.7.2 was known to break the
kernel. Cross-compilation under DEC Unix should be straight-forward
once gcc and GNU make are installed (just take a look at the toplevel
Makefile and set CROSS_COMPILE to an appropriate value.
Andy> - Cross compile Linux-Alpha kernel on an intel computer?
No can do. This would require a lot of fixing in the GNU tools. The
binutils, gdb, and gcc do not handle it well to go from a machine with
a smaller wordsize to one with a bigger.
--david