Here's the Configure.help patch for Alpha against the 2.2.18pre series. Alan, if you can find time to include this one, I'd appreciate it :-) diff -ur linux-2.2.18pre19/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help --- linux-2.2.18pre19/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Nov 3 16:44:50 2000 +++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Nov 3 16:34:55 2000 @@ -1298,32 +1298,38 @@ have access to a machine on the Internet that has a program like lynx or netscape). In summary: - Alcor/Alpha-XLT AS 600 + Alcor/Alpha-XLT AS 600, XL-300, XL-366 Alpha-XL XL-233, XL-266 AlphaBook1 Alpha laptop Avanti AS 200, AS 205, AS 250, AS 255, AS 300, AS 400 Cabriolet AlphaPC64, AlphaPCI64 - DP264 DP264 + DP264 DP264,DS10(L)/20(E),ES40,UP2000(+),XP900/1000,CS20 EB164 EB164 21164 evaluation board EB64+ EB64+ 21064 evaluation board EB66 EB66 21066 evaluation board EB66+ EB66+ 21066 evaluation board + Eiger SMARTEngine SBC models Jensen DECpc 150, DEC 2000 model 300, - DEC 2000 model 500 + DEC 2000 model 500 LX164 AlphaPC164-LX Miata Personal Workstation 433a, 433au, 500a, - 500au, 600a, or 600au + 500au, 600a, or 600au Mikasa AS 1000 + Nautilus UP1000/1100 Noname AXPpci33, UDB (Multia) Noritake AS 1000A, AS 600A, AS 800 + Platform2000 Platform2000 PC164 AlphaPC164 Rawhide AS 1200, AS 4000, AS 4100 - Ruffian RPX164-2, AlphaPC164-UX, AlphaPC164-BX + Ruffian AlphaPC164-UX, AlphaPC164-BX SX164 AlphaPC164-SX Sable AS 2000, AS 2100 Takara Takara + Titan Privateer + Wildfire AlphaServer GS 40/80/160/320 - If you don't know what to do, choose "generic". + Choosing "generic" is the preferred selection, but if you + know your system type, you can choose one of the above. EV5 CPU daughtercard CONFIG_ALPHA_PRIMO @@ -1336,23 +1342,23 @@ Using SRM as bootloader CONFIG_ALPHA_SRM 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 + which is command line driven, and ARC/AlphaBios, 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 (To browse the WWW, you need to have access to a machine on the Internet that has a program like lynx or netscape). - 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 - kernel just like lilo does for the x86 architecture) which can be - loaded either from ARC or can be installed directly as a permanent - firmware replacement from floppy (which requires changing a certain - jumper on the motherboard). If you want to do either of these, say N - here. If MILO doesn't work on your system (true for Jensen - motherboards), you can bypass it altogether and boot Linux directly - from an SRM console; say Y here in order to do that. Note that you - won't be able to boot from an IDE disk using SRM. + The usual way to load Linux on an Alpha machine is to use SRM console, + the same firmware used for loading Tru64 Unix and OpenVMS. The other + option being ARC/AlphaBios and MILO (a bootloader that lets you pass + command line parameters to the kernel just like lilo does for the + x86 architecture) For more information on MILO please refer to the + MILO Howto on the WWW from http://www.alphalinux.org + + If you want to boot via MILO, say N here. If MILO doesn't work on + your system (for example the Jensen, DP264, and Nautilus systems), + you must boot from SRM console; say Y here in order to do that. If unsure, say N. @@ -1361,6 +1367,8 @@ This option controls whether or not the PCI configuration set up by SRM is modified. If you say Y, the existing PCI configuration will be left intact. + + If unsure, say N. Non-standard serial port support CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
