From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7GFuGRw027590 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:56:16 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g7GFuFCr027589 for linux-mips-outgoing; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:56:15 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (c-180-196-146.ka.dial.de.ignite.net [62.180.196.146]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g7GFu6Rw027580 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:56:11 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7GFwba02794; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:58:37 +0200 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:58:37 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Curtis Robinson Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: SGI O2 R5000 Message-ID: <20020816175837.B2597@linux-mips.org> References: <20020816162112.GB29649@therocky> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020816162112.GB29649@therocky>; from curtis@oushi.org on Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 11:21:12AM -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 11:21:12AM -0500, Curtis Robinson wrote: > I know this question is probably asked alot. > I tried looking at some of the mailing list archives. > I wanted to know if it is possible to install Linux on SGI 02 R5000's > I noticed there was support for R5000s, but not for R5000 that had CPU-controlled secondary > cache. I couldnt figure out how to find out if the 02 I have is one or the other. O2 uses the builtin cache controller which people are currently adding support for. Ralf