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 (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id MAA28420; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:51:31 -0700 Return-Path: Received: by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950511.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH526/911001.SGI) for linux-list id MAA11081; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:51:26 -0700 Received: from titian by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com via ESMTP (950511.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH526/911001.SGI) id MAA11070; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:51:25 -0700 Received: from localhost by titian via SMTP (950413.SGI.8.6.12/940406.SGI.AUTO) id MAA01292; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:51:24 -0700 Message-Id: <199604231951.MAA01292@titian> To: "David S. Miller" cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: David Miller is on the list Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:51:24 -0700 From: Mike McDonald Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk A dumb question, what exactly is the purpose of porting Linux to SGI/Mips boxes? At one time, it was proposed as a way that all of the people how just got dropped from support to maintain there machine's usefull life. Now, people are talking about embedding linux in printers and Nintendo boxes! Or as an alternative to Irix on our current machines. Personally, I think the port should concentrate on R3K boxes with/without graphics. (It'd be nice if we could release the info so that X11R6 could be built on the old boxes.) The port should be a 32 bit port. (Does gcc even support 64 bit MIPS 27 ISA?) It also be nice if the R3K port would also work on the R4K machines that are fading away, ie. Indy's, Indigo2's. Mike McDonald mikemac@engr.sgi.com