We just compiled version 4.11 of the boinc software on an Alpha EV6. The compile worked fine, and the software runs, however the Climate Prediction project won\'t give it any work. The client reports 2004-10-22 20:23:53 [climateprediction.net] Message from server: platform \'alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu\' not found. Does every platform have to be added manually? If so, we would like to see this one added!

Yes they do need to be added individually.

BOINC is just an interface. The real program is CPDN.

This program is about a million lines of fortran code, which normally runs on the
weather people's big main-frame. And it's NOT open source.

The programmers hired to convert the code to PCs have done so for the most common
machines being used, and their time is now being taken up by the next phase of the
experiment, the Sulphur Cycle, whatever that is.

There are versions of CPDN for three different flavors of Linux, but that looks
like being it, unless a multi-million donates lots of money to the project for
the hire of more programmers.

Les