From - Tue Sep 21 19:19:48 1999 Path: reader1.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!diablo.dera.gov.uk!dera!not-for-mail From: rsimpson@ewrcsdra.CutThisOut.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.alpha Subject: Re: EM86, where do we stand? Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:09:34 +0059 Organization: Defence Evaluation & Research Agency Message-ID: References: <7rmn5g$aaq$2@pulp.srv.ualberta.ca> <7rof06$bqe$2@pulp.srv.ualberta.ca> <37E1595A.2FB0287B@cs.rose-hulman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.80.22.177 User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990517 ("Psychonaut") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.10 (i686)) Lines: 46 Xref: reader1.news.rcn.net comp.os.linux.alpha:13701 Leslie Donaldson wrote: : Sorry about not getting on top of this thread but I have been very : busy lately. That's OK. : 4. I tied the version of em86 to the kernel version to try to make it : easier for people : to know when to update. A fab idea. : 6. I am trying real hard to get out a 2.2.-1 version that compiles : correctly on both : glibc 2.0 and 2.1 systems but I am being slowed down by work. (The : code is basically ready : it is all the supporting documentation that is needed.) Great, I am sure that many of us look forward to it. : 8, Oh, go on, tell us. You've got us all wondering now :-) : 10. For updates stay tuned to my web site : http://www/cs/rose-hulman.edu/~donaldlf : 11. Any bug reports etc just drop me an email and I will respond as : quickly as I can. Will do. Thanks, Leslie for that full and helpful and polite response. How refreshingly different from the nasty little email I got from Mr Jaegermann where (amongst other things) he implied that anyone using glibc 2.1 on an Alpha needed their head examining. Keep up the good work. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Simpson Farnborough, Hants, Uk Fax: 01252 392118 rsimpson@ewrcsdra.Cut_This_Out.demon.co.uk I am not aware of any views shared by myself and my employers.