From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
To: Alan <neuroinc@unidial.com>, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Kernel port
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:06:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990327000627.M553@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36FBC35A.26AB8300@unidial.com>; from Alan on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 12:26:50PM -0500
On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 12:26:50PM -0500, Alan wrote:
> The "Goals" section on the www.linux.sgi.com web page states that the
> project would like to achieve "Ports to newer hardware like O2(TM),
> OCTANE(TM), and Origin(TM), and even to old hardware like R3000
> Indigo(TM)."
>
> But wasn’t this written two years ago? How relevant is a port to the
> R3000 Indigo? If it is relevant and people are still interested, how
> could one acquire more detailed hardware specifications necessary for a
> port?
Well, not everything works as planned. While in the meantime Linux has
been ported to quite a number of new MIPS targets Linux has not yet been
ported to the machines mentioned above. I however hope the SGI's recently
announced commitment to Linux will also have some effect on the MIPS area
and make above port come true :-)
Ralf
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1999-03-26 17:26 Kernel port Alan
1999-03-26 23:06 ` ralf [this message]
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