Linux on VAX - Dead ?

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2023, babydr DBA James W. Laferriere wrote:

> > Most importantly the VAX GCC port has been saved from being axed however:
> > <https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-November/559698.html>, so
> > work can resume at any time should there be volunteers.  I mean to look
> > after GCC, including in particular the much required LRA transition:
> > <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LRAIsDefault>, but otherwise I can't promise any
> > further commitment.
> 	Thank You for your working on this .  Even if it is all that ever gets
> accomplished and hopefully maintained .  I & Many others should be or are very
> grateful .

 You are welcome.  Bugs in the compiler hindered progress with the 
userland.  Chances are this updated GCC would work better.

> > I have a copy of the kernel repo somewhere and patches I have been
> > working on.  This is all 2.6.x, so ~20 years old stuff.
> 	If there's a url or someway of acquiring these very items I'd grab
> them & get them into backups & a home .  Maybe even on a .git site or sume
> such .

 I have multiple copies across different physical media so hopefully at 
least one will survive.  It'll take time to get that retrieved though, so 
don't expect me to publish it soon.

> > There's some
> > userland stuff too, most notably a GNU C library port, and that's still
> > there at: <ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/SRPMS/>
> > (you need to filter the relevant pieces), which I don't know how long is
> > going to be up.
> 
> 	The below are some the more recent source files I grabbed from there
> last May .
> 	If there are any newer ones there I'll grab those too .
> 	Thank You ,  Again ...
> 
> vax-linux-XFree86-3.3.6-9.src.txz

 [Etc.; not sure why your names have a .txz suffix rather than .rpm.] 
These are cross-compilation tools/libraries.  You may want the native 
packages too, by matching binaries under .../macro/RPMS/vax/ against 
sources in the location quoted above.  Watch out for base names, which may 
be different!

  Maciej