From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 13:55:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA07675 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:55:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA07664 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:55:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id NAA03970; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:56:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd003968; Sun Nov 9 13:55:52 1997 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id NAA15695; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:55:39 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199711092155.NAA15695@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: IDT processors? In-Reply-To: <199711092054.WAA17476@shadows.aeon.net> from mika ruohotie at "Nov 9, 97 10:54:43 pm" To: bsdhack@shadows.aeon.net (mika ruohotie) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:55:39 -0800 (PST) Cc: jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org, perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu, freebsd@atipa.com, cmott@srv.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > ALPHA, get that freebsd port done! > > why would anyone want to use anything else than r10000? > > now, _that_ would be a port i'd like to see, freebsd on SGI platform. > > how likely is it? > > > mickey Then let's start a port. I have an O2 R10K at home. I might be able to get some insider information. Considering that people internal have done a Linux port (or part of it) as also they have done a NT kernel for a Challenge L. On the other side I am looking at a project involving a Mips R4300i, a SCSI controller and several EIDE controller ;-) Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073