Re: [PATCH 1/4] alpha: replace dead links in Kconfig help text

[Magnus Lindholm]

Hi Matt,

On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Linux/Alpha FAQ, the unix-ag LX164 overview, the Rawhide install
> HOWTO and the Ruffian FAQ are all gone. Point the "Alpha system type"
> help at the system and motherboard lists on the alphalinux.org wiki
> instead, give LX164 a one-line description in place of its link, and
> drop the others.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git ./arch/alpha/Kconfig ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
> index 92cc7bb8d29a..7c1cc676ddfe 100644
> --- ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
> +++ ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
> @@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ choice
>           run on any supported Alpha system. However, if you configure a
>           kernel for your specific system, it will be faster and smaller.
>
> -         To find out what type of Alpha system you have, you may want to
> -         check out the Linux/Alpha FAQ, accessible on the WWW from
> -         <http://www.alphalinux.org/>. In summary:
> +         To find out what type of Alpha system you have, see the system and
> +         motherboard lists at
> +         <https://alphalinux.org/wiki/hardware:systems> and
> +         <https://alphalinux.org/wiki/hardware:motherboards>. In summary:
>
>           Alcor/Alpha-XLT     AS 600, AS 500, XL-300, XL-366
>           DP264               DP264 / DS20 / ES40 / DS10 / DS10L
> @@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ config ALPHA_EIGER
>  config ALPHA_LX164
>         bool "LX164"
>         help
> -         A technical overview of this board is available at
> -         <http://www.unix-ag.org/Linux-Alpha/Architectures/LX164.html>.
> +         AlphaPC164-LX, a 21164A-based single-board computer using the
> +         Pyxis chipset.
>
>  config ALPHA_MARVEL
>         bool "Marvel"
> @@ -224,14 +225,11 @@ config ALPHA_RAWHIDE
>         select HAVE_EISA
>         help
>           AlphaServer 1200, AlphaServer 4000 and AlphaServer 4100 machines.
> -         See HOWTO at
> -         <http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml>.
>
>  config ALPHA_RUFFIAN
>         bool "Ruffian"
>         help
> -         Samsung APC164UX.  There is a page on known problems and workarounds
> -         at <http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-11.html>.
> +         Samsung APC164UX.
>
>  config ALPHA_RX164
>         bool "RX164"
> @@ -372,9 +370,7 @@ config ALPHA_SRM
>         help
>           There are two different types of booting firmware on Alphas: SRM,
>           which is command line driven, and ARC, which uses menus and arrow
> -         keys. Details about the Linux/Alpha booting process are contained in
> -         the Linux/Alpha FAQ, accessible on the WWW from
> -         <http://www.alphalinux.org/>.
> +         keys.
>
>           The usual way to load Linux on an Alpha machine is to use MILO
>           (a bootloader that lets you pass command line parameters to the
> --
> 2.54.0
>
Nice cleanup work!

I applied the series cleanly to my for-next branch and build-tested
every commit with the Alpha defconfig. I also built the final tree
with these configurations:

  Generic SMP, NR_CPUS=32
  Wildfire SMP, NR_CPUS=32
  Wildfire SMP, explicit NR_CPUS=4
  Wildfire with SMP disabled
  Marvel SMP, NR_CPUS=32
  DP264 SMP, NR_CPUS=4

Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>