OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V8.4-2L2; Source code is x86_64 only; no code for Alpha available?

[sanswitcher]

$ macro/machine/flag=nojumps/obj=lddriver/list=lddriver -
sys$library:arch_defs+sys$disk:[]ident+lddriver+ld/lib

    $SVAPTEDEF

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 639 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $IOBDDEF                        ; I/O Buffer Descriptor

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 646 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    MOV_SVAPTE R0,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3)           ; Save buffer address

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 2164 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

60$: MOV_SVAPTE R31,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3) ; No more trace buffer
...^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 2176 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    MOV_SVAPTE R2,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3)           ; Save system buffer address

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 3964 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    MOV_SVAPTE R31,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3)          ; Assume no user supplied buffer.

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 4426 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    MOV_SVAPTE R2,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3)           ; Store address of system buffer.

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 4450 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    .IF NE VMS$SVAPTE                       ; X-15 SVAPTEs supported and enabled

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 4857 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    .IF NE VMS$SVAPTE                       ; X-15 SVAPTEs supported and enabled

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 5425 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    .IF NE VMS$SVAPTE                       ; X-15 SVAPTEs supported and enabled

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 5469 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $PUSH_ZXTL_ARG64 R9                     ; Pass zero-extended QW BCNT as P3

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 5510 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $CALL64 IOC$NEXT_SEGMENT                ; Advance EXT & BOFF by BCNT bytes

^
%AMAC-E-GENERROR, generated ERROR: 0 Too few args in $CALL64 sequence ;
-AMAC-I-ATEXPLINE, at macro expansion line 25
at line number 5516 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1
.iif gt call64_index, .error ; Too few args in $CALL64 sequence ;

    .IF EQ VMS$SVAPTE                       ; X-15 EXTs supported and enabled

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 6630 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $PUSH_ZXTL_ARG64 R10                    ; #5 Direction - to or from user buffer

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 6636 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $PUSH_ZXTL_ARG64 IRP$L_BCNT(R3)         ; #2 Number of bytes to move

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 6639 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    $CALL64 IOC$MOVE_DATA                   ; Move the data

^
%AMAC-E-GENERROR, generated ERROR: 0 Too few args in $CALL64 sequence ;
-AMAC-I-ATEXPLINE, at macro expansion line 25
at line number 6642 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1
.iif gt call64_index, .error ; Too few args in $CALL64 sequence ;

    .IF EQ VMS$SVAPTE                       ; X-15 EXTs supported and enabled

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 7063 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    .IF NE VMS$SVAPTE

...............^
%AMAC-E-IFEXPRNABS, IF expression not absolute
at line number 9423 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

10$: MOV_SVAPTE R31,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3) ; No more trace buffer
...^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 9613 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    MOV_SVAPTE R31,IRP$$SVAPTE(R3)          ; No more trace buffer

^
%AMAC-E-UNRECSTMT, unrecognized statement
at line number 12367 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

    .END

^
%AMAC-E-PREVERROR, previous errors prevent further analysis
at line number 13609 in file DKA0:[LDDRIVER_VSI]LDDRIVER.MAR;1

[gdwnldsKSC]

@sanswitcher You can use the original 9.7 from digiater.nl - this is that, but with the modifications VSI made for VMS 9.x (x86-only)

Says so right in the readme -

"This version of LD is only compatible with OpenVMS version 9.x and higher.

Origin
These sources for LDdriver are based on the sources provided in the LD V9.7 kit as provided by Jur van den Burg on digiater.nl. VMS Software, Inc (VSI) has put its changes to these sources in the public domain."

So you'd be correct to just use the regular open kit as you had before.

[vaxinf]

No. The version I can download from Jur's homepage is different from the version distributed with openvms axp.
I cannot see which changes are made due to corrections for the axp source code and which are made to adapt the code for x86.

[gdwnldsKSC]

You will have to post in the VSI forums then and ask there for information.

VSI does not monitor or accept issues/pull requests here, to my knowledge. These repositories are a 'publish only' as far as I am aware.

If the image shipping with AXP is different, then that would mean (in my opinion) HP or Compaq modified it, and VSI is publishing their version they modified based off of that.

The only request for this source release that was made, to my knowledge, was for the x86 version. I would recommend making a request on the forums. VSI actively monitors and responds to those.