From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id g0RMeXr28154 for linux-mips-outgoing; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:40:33 -0800 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0RMeUP28151 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:40:30 -0800 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id g0RLeRu16334; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:40:27 -0800 Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:40:27 -0800 From: Ralf Baechle To: Soeren Laursen Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: SMP support challenge L Message-ID: <20020127134027.A2129@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <3C53FC3D.10933.55876D@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C53FC3D.10933.55876D@localhost>; from soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk on Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:10:21PM +0100 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:10:21PM +0100, Soeren Laursen wrote: > Just wondering if the SMP support is working at all. Sometimes > there are patches that affect the SMP support. > > Got a challenge L with two R4xxx cpu's. Could start working on it > via a nft root and give some feed back, fixes etc. > > Just one question. The terminal is broken and a guy at SGI Denmark > told me how to create a null modem that worked on the challenge L but > I have lost the paper. Any one got a clue? Null modems are described in a FAQ about the serial interface written by Christian Blum and others. Just google for it. The pinout as used on various SGI systems is described in IRIX's serial man page which if not on your system you can also find somewhere online. Ralf