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 (970321.SGI.8.8.5/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id TAA552061 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id TAA17129 for linux-list; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:34 -0700 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id TAA17124 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:32 -0700 Received: from dns.cobaltmicro.com ([209.19.61.1]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id TAA24091 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:30 -0700 env-from (ralf@dns.cobaltmicro.com) Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dns.cobaltmicro.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA03105; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:36 -0700 From: Ralf Baechle Message-Id: <199709270224.TAA03105@dns.cobaltmicro.com> Subject: Re: MIPS R2k/3k machines.... To: linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:24:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: from "Lucien Murray-Pitts" at Sep 27, 97 02:55:42 am Content-Type: text Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hi, > I too, like the several other people, want to help port Linux to > the older 2k and 3k systems BUT like all the others I am hindered by a > total LACK of documentation. I did manage to find one nice chap who gave > me some docco. but unfortuantely it was for the R4Ks, however... I assume you only refer to the system documentation. The CPU documentation is available for free from {sgigate,www}.sgi.com and a couple of Mips silicon manufacturers like {ftp,www}.idt.com and others more. > Does ANYONE have ANY technical INFORMATION which might be of use > to all of us port of linux. > > No matter how small, silly or whatever I'd like to hear about it. I asked some people at SGI and they'll try to dig out what still exists. Somebody came up with a quite nice link for owners of historic SGI machines. Check out the site, there is a link to it on www.linux.sgi.com. Ralf