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- Update the FreeBSD/alpha status page.
- Alpha is no longer supported under 7.X. See also
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200605111424.04935.jhb

Contributed by:  Gavin Atkinson (gavin dot atkinson at ury dot york dot ac dot uk)
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Johann Kois 2008-05-23 18:22:15 +00:00
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml,v 1.5 2006/07/14 16:54:56 joel Exp $">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml,v 1.6 2006/08/19 21:20:40 hrs Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/alpha Project">
<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-alpha'>
<!ENTITY % navinclude.developers "INCLUDE">
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&header;
<p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to HP/Compaq Alpha
systems.</p>
systems. Discussion of the Alpha port takes place on the <a
href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha">freebsd-alpha</a>
mailing list.</p>
<p><b>Note</b>: As of FreeBSD 7.0, support for the Alpha platform will be
<h3>Status</h3>
<p>As of FreeBSD 7.0, support for the Alpha platform has been
removed. The development of new Alpha systems has been discontinued by
the hardware vendor; this combined with the widespread deployment of
more mainstream 64-bit platforms, such as the AMD64 and Intel EM64T
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community interest. FreeBSD/alpha support will continue in maintenance
mode for future FreeBSD 6.x releases.</p>
<h3>FreeBSD/alpha Specific Links</h3>
<h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/alpha mailing list</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/alpha mailing
list</a></li>
</ul>
<p>To subscribe to this list, send an email to <tt class="EMAIL">&#60;<a
href="mailto:freebsd-alpha-subscribe@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-alpha-subscribe@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;</tt>
or visit the <a
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha">mailman interface</a>.</p>
<h3>Other Links of Interest</h3>