Howdy,

the last couple of days (actually 2 weeks) i've been working on porting the chicken app (2.3A source tree) to alternative platforms.

As of now i got it compiled for Alpha and Itanium running linux.

Next on my list is SPARC64 running linux...
(after that ... FreeBSD followed by HPUX)

If you think that a specifically platform should be covered as well, let me know here.

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Howdy,

the last couple of days (actually 2 weeks) I've been working on porting the chicken app (2.3A source tree) to alternative platforms.

As of now i got it compiled for Alpha and Itanium running linux.

Next on my list is SPARC64 running linux...
(after that ... FreeBSD followed by HPUX)

If you think that a specifically platform should be covered as well, let me know here.

How about the XP x64 and Vista x64 platforms?
Unless someone else is already doing It of course.

It'll done besides the important ones ;P

I'm working on it ... don't worry.

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How about the XP x64 and Vista x64 platforms?
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It'll done besides the important ones ;P

I'm working on it ... don't worry.
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Thank you very much. I am sure there are a few of us waiting....

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after that ... FreeBSD...
Nice to see my FAVORITE OS its in a list!
That was only drawback to stay away with SETI from FreeBSD. Thanks Cruncher!

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after that ... FreeBSD...
Nice to see my FAVORITE OS its in a list!
That was only drawback to stay away with SETI from FreeBSD. Thanks Cruncher!

Well He couldn't forget a little devil, Now could He? ;)

It's not a devil, it's a daemon :)

From FreeBSD page:
The BSD Daemon

The little red fellow that graces many of these pages is the BSD Daemon. In the context of UNIX® systems, daemons are process that run in the background attending to various tasks without human intervention. In the general sense, daemon is an older form of the word demon. In the Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth has this to say about daemons:

"Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." ;)

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after that ... FreeBSD...
Nice to see my FAVORITE OS its in a list!
That was only drawback to stay away with SETI from FreeBSD. Thanks Cruncher!

Well He couldn't forget a little devil, Now could He? ;)

It's not a devil, it's a daemon :)

From FreeBSD page:
The BSD Daemon

The little red fellow that graces many of these pages is the BSD Daemon. In the context of UNIX� systems, daemons are process that run in the background attending to various tasks without human intervention. In the general sense, daemon is an older form of the word demon. In the Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth has this to say about daemons:

"Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." ;)

Well most would say cause of the pointed tail and the horns on the head, It's a demon, But If BSD wants to call It a Daemon, Do I care? Nope. It was only a statement, I didn't connect It with the word daemon at all. At least the little guy doesn't have hooves. In any case It's pretty harmless.

BTW, that's why NetBSD and FreeBSD changed their logos...
FreeBSD Logo NetBSD Logo

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It's not a devil, it's a daemon :)

Thanks for that bit of trivia. I learned something new today.

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Silly dream, but...

Boinc/SETI ported to OpenVMS/Alpha would make the entire six of us out here, that would actually use it, happy.

I'd run SETI just for S&G's. I have specific reasons why I have to run OpenVMS on my old Alpha box...

Silly dream, but...

Boinc/SETI ported to OpenVMS/Alpha would make the entire six of us out here, that would actually use it, happy.

I'd run SETI just for S&G's. I have specific reasons why I have to run OpenVMS on my old Alpha box...

hmmm... maybe I can get my old MicroVAX runnin'

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Silly dream, but...

Boinc/SETI ported to OpenVMS/Alpha would make the entire six of us out here, that would actually use it, happy.

I'd run SETI just for S&G's. I have specific reasons why I have to run OpenVMS on my old Alpha box...

hmmm... maybe I can get my old MicroVAX runnin'

There ya go!

Hi Crunch3r !

As a matter of plateform, AIX is not even supported by Berkeley. So if you can work on porting Boinc and optimzed seti apps to this plateform, many servers would crunch again (can not since 4.x -> 5.x mandatarory switch).

Thanks a lot

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Hi,

i've finished the FreeBSD port of 2.2B today. When the apps are added to the download page over at lunatics.at i'll post a link in the optimized app thread.

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Thanks for fast porting and good news Cruncher! I have some busy days and i'll install app in tuesday, on some FreeBSD machines. Wait for number comparations with Windows app... Bye for now, and thanks again!

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Hi Crunch3r !

As a matter of plateform, AIX is not even supported by Berkeley. So if you can work on porting Boinc and optimzed seti apps to this plateform, many servers would crunch again (can not since 4.x -> 5.x mandatarory switch).

Thanks a lot

It would be great if you could do something Crunch3r :)

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2135532

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2891211

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2040612

These are my 3 AiX machines waiting to crunch ;)

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Hi folks,

while I do understand that everyone would like a science app for their platform (some of which really haven't been supported "officially" for a while), we can only do so much.

For example, AIX is right out of the question. We have no access to AIX anywhere, much less a development machine. If you can provide such a machine (or LEGAL/PERMITTED access to one), then MAYBE (no promises!) we can do something about it.

Same thing goes for Solaris on UltraSPARC, we simply don't have access to machines running it (at least not for personal purposes, machines owned by our employers are not usually meant for such things).

So please try to understand that we (up til now, mainly Crunch3r) will do porting if and when we can. Requests are fun, but I'm afraid we can't really honour them. Please don't be disappointed :o)

Oh, one more thing: please DO NOT flood our developers with private messages! You're really not helping ;o) Posting things in public is much better, and generally much less hassle for us to handle (repeating stuff gets tedious).

Regards,
Simon.

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Thank you indeed to the various people who have made the optimized apps and ports. If I only had some exotic hardware I'd give y'all access.

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Chicken...thanks for all of your work. I set my six machines up with your enhanced apps and boy is there a difference.

I just got my new Blackberry 8830 world phone...I don't guess there is any chance you could cobble together a.....oh never mind! ;-)

Hi folks,

Same thing goes for Solaris on UltraSPARC, we simply don't have access to machines running it (at least not for personal purposes, machines owned by our employers are not usually meant for such things).

So please try to understand that we (up til now, mainly Crunch3r) will do porting if and when we can. Requests are fun, but I'm afraid we can't really honour them. Please don't be disappointed :o)

A request, to me at least, means ask and see what happens. My machine is old and slow anyways it isn't a huge loss. :)


Cruncher, Chicken and the rest thanks for your work on the optimized apps.

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