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 NAA08351 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:31:37 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA39945 for linux-list; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:29:22 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from fir.engr.sgi.com (fir.engr.sgi.com [150.166.40.90]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id NAA85618; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:29:21 -0800 (PST) mail_from (wje@fir.engr.sgi.com) Received: (from wje@localhost) by fir.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA22834; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:29:15 -0800 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:29:15 -0800 Message-Id: <199903112129.NAA22834@fir.engr.sgi.com> From: "William J. Earl" To: darkaeon@cubicsky.com Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Indigo2 & Linux In-Reply-To: <36E85AC2.25F7C9B0@kotetsu.cubicsky.com> References: <36E85AC2.25F7C9B0@kotetsu.cubicsky.com> Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Steve Martin writes: > I'm curious as to what the current progress is with Linux and the > Indigo2(R4400SC 150Mhz Elan) > Also, I remember hearing something about running Xsgi on Linux, has that > been successfully(not stable, just enough to see it start up, maybe not > usable) done yet? One recent change is that I and other SGI engineers now have authorization to release interface details of the system and graphics hardware for Indigo2, as we have previously had authorization for Indy. Unfortunately, I have not yet had time to locate the additional documentation (where Indigo2 differs from Indy). Also, the policy for source code disclosure is still not settled, and being able to release selected bits of low-level IRIX code would make the whole effort much simpler. (Everyone is agreed in principle that SGI should release some such source code to interested Linux developers, but we need a formal policy to authorize people to, in effect, give away SGI intellectual property. Admittedly, the value of the relevant code is small, but individual employees are not ordinarily authorized to make such contributions, although that is obviously changing in respect to Linux-based work.)