Re: XFree 4.0 crashes with SRM

[Jay Estabrook <Jay Estabrook compaq com>]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:46:04AM -0400, Jeff Sturm wrote:
> 
> In a niche market, hardware support is never a given... I learned that
> on Alpha/NT.  Luckily, Alpha/Linux is a beneficiary of the x86 driver
> effort, since many drivers are portable, or nearly so.

Indeed; we are extremely lucky such is the case, as I think some other
platforms have a lot fewer options (SBUS-SPARC and M68K, among others).

I do agree, though, about the frustration when moving from AlphaBIOS to
SRM console and the need to worry whether one's devices will move, too...

> Sorry if I touched a nerve.

No nerve, just pre-coffee... ;-}

--Jay++

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