Re: last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot

Hi Dennis,

On Sun, 2026-03-22 at 12:54 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> Actually all of Linux is now pushed off the table. Due to the decision
> to remove support for these old DEC Alpha processors. With good reasons.

I'm aware of the removal and the discussion. However, there are plans to re=
-add
support for non-BWX systems in the future. Maciej Rozycki wanted to work on=
 it,
although he is currently heavily time-constrained.

> It runs OpenBSD just fine and I have seen no reason to think the OpenBSD
> kernel folks have any issues with the strange Total Store Order byte
> access problem. Either that or no one cares about the overhead needed.
>=20
> So until I have a newer unit on hand I will just be happy with OpenBSD.

You might be able to run Linux in the future again on this machine.

Adrian

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