Kernel port
The "Goals" section on the www.linux.sgi.com web page states that the project would like to achieve "Ports to newer hardware like O2(TM), OCTANE(TM), and Origin(TM), and even to old hardware like R3000 Indigo(TM)."
But wasn’t this written two years ago? How relevant is a port to the R3000 Indigo? If it is relevant and people are still interested, how could one acquire more detailed hardware specifications necessary for a port?
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- Alan Hoyt -
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The "Goals" section on the www.linux.sgi.com web page states that the project would like to achieve "Ports to newer hardware like O2(TM), OCTANE(TM), and Origin(TM), and even to old hardware like R3000 Indigo(TM)."
But wasn’t this written two years ago? How relevant is a port to the R3000 Indigo? If it is relevant and people are still interested, how could one acquire more detailed hardware specifications necessary for a port?
Well, not everything works as planned. While in the meantime Linux has been ported to quite a number of new MIPS targets Linux has not yet been ported to the machines mentioned above. I however hope the SGI's recently announced commitment to Linux will also have some effect on the MIPS area and make above port come true :-)
Ralf