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<!-- $Id: hackers.sgml,v 1.6 1998-09-22 22:09:54 des Exp $ -->
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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that can be located anywhere between <tt/0x200/ and <tt/0x3ff/.
<sect1>
<heading>Will FreeBSD ever support other architectures?</heading>
<heading>Does FreeBSD support architectures other than the x86?</heading>
<p>Several different groups have expressed interest in working on
multi-architecture support for FreeBSD and some people are
currently working on a port of FreeBSD to the ALPHA, with the
cooperation of DEC. For general discussion on new architectures,
use the <tt>&lt;freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt>
<p>Several groups of people have expressed interest in working on
multi-architecture ports for FreeBSD and the FreeBSD/AXP (ALPHA)
port is one such effort which has been quite successful, now
available in 3.0 SNAPshot release form at <url
url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha/"
name="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha">. The ALPHA
port currently runs on a growing number of ALPHA machine
types, among them the AlphaStation, AXPpci, PC164, Miata and Multia
models. This port is not yet considered a full release and won't be
until a full compliment of system installation tools and a distribution
on CDROM installation media is available, including a reasonable
number of working ports and packages.
FreeBSD/AXP should be considered BETA quality software at this
time. For status information, please join the
<tt>&lt;freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt><ref id="mailing"
name="mailing list">.
Interest has also been expressed in a port of FreeBSD to
the SPARC architecture, join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;
</tt><ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> if you are interested
in joining that project. For general discussion on new architectures,
join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt>
<ref id="mailing" name="mailing list">.
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