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 QAA78521 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:46:19 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA44443 for linux-list; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:07:50 -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 PAA96471 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:07:48 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de) Received: from mailhost.uni-koblenz.de (mailhost.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.64.1] (may be forged)) 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 PAA02420 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:07:35 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de) Received: from lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de (cacc-4.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.131.4]) by mailhost.uni-koblenz.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA18522 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:07:32 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ralf@localhost) by lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA04923; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:06:29 +0100 Message-ID: <19990327000627.M553@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:06:27 +0100 From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de To: Alan , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Kernel port References: <36FBC35A.26AB8300@unidial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <36FBC35A.26AB8300@unidial.com>; from Alan on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 12:26:50PM -0500 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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