diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
index a721fa39146c..81a03997d3b4 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
Lower case input is also acceptable to SRM. Upper case is used for
clarity.
+
+
+ Compaq has put information on the Web for Linux developers
+ that is also very useful for &os; users. Please check at
+ Linux Alpha
+ Power tools.
+
+
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@
Digital XLT series
- Samsung PC164UX
+ Samsung PC164UX (Ruffian
)
Samsung 164B
@@ -106,6 +114,23 @@
+ Machines that have SRM but are not supported by &os; are:
+
+
+ DECpc 150 (Jensen
)
+
+
+ DEC 2000/300 (Jensen
)
+
+
+ DEC 2000/500 (Culzean
)
+
+
+ AXPvme series (Medulla
)
+
+
+
+
To complicate things a bit further: Digital used to have so
called white-box
Alpha machines destined as NT-only
and blue-box
Alpha machines destined for OpenVMS
@@ -230,7 +255,7 @@
original Alpha design is the 21064. It was produced in a chip
process called MOS4, chips made in this process are nicknamed
EV4. Newer CPUs are 21164, 21264 etc. You will see designations
- like EV4S, EV45, EV5, EV56, EV6, EV67. The EVs with double digit
+ like EV4S, EV45, EV5, EV56, EV6, EV67, EV68. The EVs with double digit
numbers are slightly improved versions. For example EV45 has an
improved FPU and 16 kByte on-chip separate I & D caches compared
to the EV4 on which it is based. Rule of thumb: the higher the
@@ -821,6 +846,10 @@ device sbc
to keep in mind when doing really high speed things with 64
bit PCI adapters.
+ Moving to a faster CPU is quite simple, swap out the
+ CPU chip and set the clock multiplier dipswitch to the speed of
+ the new CPU.
+
If you experience SRM errors like
ERROR: scancode 0xa3 not supported on PCXAL
@@ -1687,7 +1716,7 @@ cpu EV5
AlphaServer 1000 (Mikasa
),
- 1000A (Noritake
) and 800
+ 1000A (Noritake
) and 800(Corelle
)
The AlphaServer 1000 and 800 range of machines are intended as
departmental servers. They come in quite some variations in packaging
@@ -1890,7 +1919,8 @@ cpu EV5 # depends on the CPU model installed
has its own builtin help.
Webbrick is shipped in a desktop-style case similar to the older
- 21164 Maverick
workstations but this case offers much better access
+ 21164 Maverick
workstations but this case
+ offers much better access
to the components. If you intend to build a farm you can rackmount them
in a 19-inch rack; they are 3U high. Slate is 1U high but has only
one PCI slot.