[parisc-linux] Hi Also!

[parisc-linux] Hi Also!

[Ross Sponholtz]

Hello, I too am new to the list; I have been lurking for a while, and have
this related question:  What hardware is being targeted right now, and what
is the minimum needed to help out?  Would a C110 be ok?  How 'bout a 715/50?

Also, could we put together a newbies task list?  Stuff that needs to be
done,  that people like me could do to usefully get our feet wet.  I'll
volunteer to coordinate the list, if everyone could send me the contents.
In fact, a FAQ list would be very useful.

Thanks,
Ross Sponholtz
rsponholtz@earthlink.net

Re: [parisc-linux] Hi Also!

[Philipp Rumpf]

> Hello, I too am new to the list; I have been lurking for a while, and have
> this related question:  What hardware is being targeted right now, and what
> is the minimum needed to help out?  Would a C110 be ok?  How 'bout a 715/50?

Due to the PDC interface being enough to get us to a bash prompt without
deciding on a single machine / machine group, any machine that does what
the PA1.1 docs say should be useful atm.

I think (this is just my personal plans and might very well change soon)
we'll boot using a ramdisk loaded by the bootloader with the kernel.
This means you need a dedicated Linux disk, and probably a HP-UX disk
to write diskimages to the Linux disk.

> Also, could we put together a newbies task list?  Stuff that needs to be

I think we don't have any of the typical boring repetitive tasks to let
newbies do atm. The basic task is to get the kernel working and there's
a list for things needed (though not up-to-date) somewhere on
www.thepuffingroup.com/parisc.

	Philipp Rumpf