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 RAA630323 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 17:15:38 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id RAA27419 for linux-list; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 17:15:13 -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 RAA27415 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 17:15:10 -0700 Received: from server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net (server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net [203.108.7.41]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id RAA23820 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 17:15:06 -0700 env-from (Regan@bde.com.au) Received: from oznet02.ozemail.com.au (oznet02.ozemail.com.au [203.2.192.124]) by server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA03720; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:14:57 +1000 (EST) Received: from bde.com.au (gamers.ozemail.com.au [203.7.189.162]) by oznet02.ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA21074; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:14:53 +1000 (EST) Received: by bde.com.au with NT SMTP Gateway ver 31 id <342EF445@bde.com.au>; Mon, 29 Sep 97 11:20:21 S From: Regan Russell To: linux-mips , linux , linux-mips-request Subject: RE: MIPS R2k/3k machines.... Date: Mon, 29 Sep 97 11:11:00 S Message-ID: <342EF445@bde.com.au> X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Look for "The mips programmers refenence manual". (Faquar and Bunce ?) ( R2000 / R3000 ) "The MIPS RISC architecture". (Kane ?) ( mentions R4000 but contrates on the R2000 / R3000 ) Both books were availible recently. I have both books at home, (I do complete crap in windoze for a living), also look at xspim and spim the simulator for the R2000, R3000. Think it was on sunsite... Hope this helps.. PS. Anyone got a spare motherboard for a DS3100 ? ---------- From: linux-mips-request Sent: Friday, September 26, 1997 7:24 PM To: linux-mips; linux Subject: Re: MIPS R2k/3k machines.... 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