Yann> - Are jiffies the same as i386 ? (10 ms)
No. That's what the HZ macro in asm/param.h is for. Most Alphas run
with a clock tick at 1024Hz.
Yann> - Are the problems we descibed about stability common ? (We
Yann> only have an Alpha Linux since 2 days - kernel 1.3.57)
It certainly depends on the exact system you have, but in general: no,
Linux/Alpha runs very stably (assuming it's setup properly the hw is
in order, of course...).
--david
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