This can be disabled (to save a bit of space) with the NO_KERNEL_RCSIDS
options, which is present but commented out in the ALPHA config file.
In ELF-format kernels, these strings are present in the kernel binary but
are not loaded into memory. (In ECOFF-format kernels, there's no easy way
to keep them from being loaded, so they _are_ loaded into memory.)
the Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164 Motherboard Technical Reference
Manual. This may not work, but it's the best i can do with the
documentation I have.
21164 + 21172 box, with Yet Another Way of doing interrupts. The
interrupt mapping and handling code hasn't been written yet, and none
of this code has been tested. (Checkpoint of work in progress.)