Re: Does the Alpha port require processors with the BW extension?
"Jonathan A. Kollasch" <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Jul 2025 11:54:38 -0500
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On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 11:23:33AM -0500, Suzuran Majere wrote: > I attempted to bring up NetBSD 10.1 on an Alphaserver 1000 5/300, but it failed immediately after kernel start. The 5/300 has a 21164 (no A), meaning it does not have BWX. I know that Linux recently removed support for processors without BWX, has NetBSD done the same? > We still support non-BWX Alpha CPUs. Likely it is something else that's the problem.