From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 19:27:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA28182 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:27:33 -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 TAA28170 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:27:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id TAA04881; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:27:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd004877; Sun Nov 9 19:27:20 1997 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id TAA21900; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:27:14 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199711100327.TAA21900@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: IDT processors? In-Reply-To: <19971109222439.12758@vmunix.com> from Mark Mayo at "Nov 9, 97 10:24:39 pm" To: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:27:14 -0800 (PST) Cc: 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 > 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! Yes, it is. At 93 Mhz. > > Personally, I'd love to help with a port like this -- the problem > of course would be getting information from Nintendo.. There is some dev kit, but supposely you need a high powered SGI machine, probably because of the GFX. > > 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. The R4300 itself is very well documented. 1k quantity pricing is around $35 or less. > > -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 > Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073