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 (980205.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id NAA638643 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:48:02 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA25551 for linux-list; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:46:07 -0800 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 NAA25531 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:46:05 -0800 Received: from rachael.franken.de (rachael.franken.de [193.175.24.38]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id NAA08382 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:46:04 -0800 env-from (rachael.franken.de!hub-fue!alpha.franken.de!tsbogend) Received: from hub-fue by rachael.franken.de via rmail with uucp id for cthulhu.engr.sgi.com!linux; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:46:01 +0100 (MET) (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #4 built DST-Sep-8) Received: by hub-fue.franken.de (Smail3.1.29.1 #35) id m0y8B7l-002OuHC; Thu, 26 Feb 98 22:45 MET Received: (from tsbogend@localhost) by alpha.franken.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id WAA01653; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:42:54 +0100 Message-ID: <19980226224253.20580@alpha.franken.de> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:42:53 +0100 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: "William J. Earl" Cc: Ulf Carlsson , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: installation problem. References: <199802261734.JAA25332@fir.engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85 In-Reply-To: <199802261734.JAA25332@fir.engr.sgi.com>; from William J. Earl on Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 09:34:05AM -0800 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk > As I understand it, the currently checked-in source must be recompiled > to provide R4600/R5000 PC and SC versions for Indy, and those versions > may not be fully tested on all R4000 and R4400 revisions. In the not > distant future, a single kernel will likely support all the processors, > as does the IRIX kernel, but that is more work than just selecting > the processor type at compile time. the R4000PC part of the .72 current works at least on my Magnum clone. But I've got an error report, that my kernel doesn't work on a Magnum with a R4000SC. So I guess it's really related to the processor handling in the kernel. Thomas. -- See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-) [Linus Torvalds in <4rikft$7g5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI>]