Re: 2.4.x/alpha/ALI chipset/IDE problems summary Re: 2.4.1 not fully sane on Alpha - file systems

From: John Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 11:30:37 EST

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On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> Sorry, but the ALI code was written based upon ix86 :-(
> Where were you guys during 2.3.X development?

We had lots of problems with the few 2.3.x kernels we downloaded; and R&D
effort was needed elsewhere.

Would it help if a UP1100 was somehow made available for
testing/development?

-- -- John E. Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu) -- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.

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