From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:59:48 -0500 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:54:43 -0500 Received: from mailext02.compaq.com ([207.18.199.33]:39121 "HELO mailext02.compaq.com") by vger.rutgers.edu with SMTP id ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:47:21 -0500 Message-Id: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.4 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3891E2A9.F8488ED@transmeta.com> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:52:36 -0700 (MST) Reply-To: Brian Hall From: Brian Hall To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Alpha systems available for development (was Re: Intel 810 Random Number Generator) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Pavel Machek , "Theodore Y.Ts'o" Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Anyone who needs access to an Alpha system for development, please go to: http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/ On 28-Jan-2000 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > "Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote: >> >> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:43:03 -0800 >> From: "H. Peter Anvin" >> >> Why don't we use the TSC on other architectures that have them, e.g. >> Alpha? >> >> Because I don't have a (working) Alpha to test it on. :-) >> >> Send a patch..... (I'm doing some work on the random driver at the >> moment, so this would be a good time to fold it in.) >> > > Ah, neither have I though (recent enough that I'd use it.) I have been > trying to get one from Compaq/DEC for years, but I don't ever seem to > get to the right person. (Is anyone at Compaq that could actually do > something reading this?) > > I'd really like to get fine-granularity timing on Alpha, just like we > have on Intel. I understand the Alpha only has a 32-bit TSC, which > means it has to be periodically sampled to keep track of the high bits. > > -hpa -- Brian Hall http://www.bigfoot.com/~brihall Linux Consultant - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/