From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA80161 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:54:01 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id IAA86160 for linux-list; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:53:19 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA88837 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:53:17 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de) Received: from lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de (praia.bofh.de [195.78.185.18]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id IAA02962 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:53:14 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de) Received: (from ralf@localhost) by lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA03385; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:53:01 +0100 Message-ID: <19990227175300.B539@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:53:00 +0100 From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de To: Russell E Glaue , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Kernel support for R4600 MIPS References: <19990222232723.A502@uni-koblenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: ; from Russell E Glaue on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:22:16PM -0600 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:22:16PM -0600, Russell E Glaue wrote: > Okay, I know that the R4600 (Deskstation Tyne) is supported in the Linux > Kernel. I saw it in there while browsing around the MIPS ported code of > the latest Linux kernel. I also know that Linux was once successfully > compiled for this processor in the 2.0.2x series. > > Does anyone know if I will be able to successfully cross-compile a working > Linux kernel for the MIPS R4600 processor with the latest Linux source > code? I understand that support is not kept up, but is the existing code > still in a compilable state? The R4600 is supported, just not the Tyne machine which the processor is in ... Hackers wanted. Ralf