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 (<quote>Mikasa</quote>), - 1000A (<quote>Noritake</quote>) 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.