From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stan Hoeppner Subject: Re: 3Ware 9550SX on MIPS Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:06:39 -0500 Message-ID: <4E3DACDF.4020008@hardwarefreak.com> References: <4E3CDCA9.1040006@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mo-65-41-216-221.sta.embarqhsd.net ([65.41.216.221]:33566 "EHLO greer.hardwarefreak.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755184Ab1HFVGn (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:06:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Matt Turner Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, aradford@gmail.com On 8/6/2011 9:45 AM, Matt Turner wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> On 8/5/2011 4:34 PM, Matt Turner wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to use a 3Ware 9550SX SATA controller on a MIPS system. >> >> Just out or curiosity, which MIPS based system? >> >> -- >> Stan > > It's a Broadcom "SWARM" BCM91250A development board, which is now > being used to maintain Gentoo's MIPS port. > > http://mattst88.com/computers/bcm91250a/ > > I wish good MIPS hardware was more available. MIPS as a general purpose (deskotp/server) computing platform pretty much died when SGI ditched it for Itanium almost a decade ago...sad. What audience is Gentoo targeting with their MIPS port? -- Stan