Re: [PATCH 1/4] alpha: replace dead links in Kconfig help text

[Matt Turner]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2026, Matt Turner wrote:
>
> > The Linux/Alpha FAQ, the unix-ag LX164 overview, the Rawhide install
> > HOWTO and the Ruffian FAQ are all gone. Point the "Alpha system type"
> > help at the system and motherboard lists on the alphalinux.org wiki
> > instead, give LX164 a one-line description in place of its link, and
> > drop the others.
>
>  Would it make sense to keep links to archive.org copies around?
>
> > @@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ config ALPHA_EIGER
> >  config ALPHA_LX164
> >       bool "LX164"
> >       help
> > -       A technical overview of this board is available at
> > -       <http://www.unix-ag.org/Linux-Alpha/Architectures/LX164.html>.
> > +       AlphaPC164-LX, a 21164A-based single-board computer using the
> > +       Pyxis chipset.
>
>  For example:
> <https://web.archive.org/web/19990913123756/http://www.unix-ag.org/Linux-Alpha/Architectures/LX164.html>
> seems fully usable.
>
> > @@ -224,14 +225,11 @@ config ALPHA_RAWHIDE
> >       select HAVE_EISA
> >       help
> >         AlphaServer 1200, AlphaServer 4000 and AlphaServer 4100 machines.
> > -       See HOWTO at
> > -       <http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml>.
>
>  Likewise:
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20000817221358/http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml>.
>
> >  config ALPHA_RUFFIAN
> >       bool "Ruffian"
> >       help
> > -       Samsung APC164UX.  There is a page on known problems and workarounds
> > -       at <http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-11.html>.
> > +       Samsung APC164UX.
>
>  Likewise:
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20000130062931/http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-11.html>.
>
>  Of course nested links may or may not work, but at least references to
> some information are retained.  Or has it all been already extracted and
> written down in the wiki?

Did you compare any of the wiki pages and the old links?

I looked at all of these links via archive.org before sending the
patches and didn't see any useful information. The LX164 link just
contained the board specs and a link to the Technical Reference
Manual. The Rawhide link is an install guide for Red Hat 6.0. Similar
situation with the Ruffian page.

If you see any information that's missing from the wiki that I spent a
huge amount of time creating, point it out and I'll add it. At this
point, I see no reason to keep links to 1999-era articles.