From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 19:24:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA27977 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:24:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA27963 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:23:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id WAA11880; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:24:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971109222439.12758@vmunix.com> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:24:39 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Ulf Zimmermann Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDT processors? References: <199711092054.WAA17476@shadows.aeon.net> <199711092155.NAA15695@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199711092155.NAA15695@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net>; from Ulf Zimmermann on Sun, Nov 09, 1997 at 01:55:39PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Nov 09, 1997 at 01:55:39PM -0800, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > 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 ;-) Isn't the R4300i the processor used in the Nintendo N64? Now that would be something! Personally, I'd love to help with a port like this -- the problem of course would be getting information from Nintendo.. I suspect the rest of the R4300 would be well documented, at least superficially the entire MIPS lineup seems to be fairly "open" and documented. -Mark > > Ulf. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 > Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU