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