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OpenBSD's Alpha Support In Trouble

Posted by timothy on from the check-your-server-closet dept.

Nimrangul writes "Hours ago Theo de Raadt put out a call for an Alpha CS20, because as of last night OpenBSD no longer has one. The CS20 that died was a build machine and without it further support for the Alpha platform would be nearly impossible. If you have a C320 or other 1U Alpha machine that you would be willing to donate to the project, please respond to the discussion on the misc mailing list."

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  1. Re:Get the cross compiling from NetBSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Luke, I love your ftp client, but I disagree.

    The lack of actual compiling on your fringe hardware is why the support for it is so bad.

    While it is true that it can be compiled faster on other hardware, that doesn't mean that the machine itself can compile it's own copy of the operating system.

    If my machine cannot compile it's an operating system supposedly designed for it, there is a problem with the code and most likely how it works.

    Cross compiling can be handy for speedy development, but not quality development. That's where the actual hardware comes in.