Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:15:32 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, popcorn@prodigy.net, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for SGI Message-ID: <20020109171532.B5250@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <3C3CC5E4.1750C63B@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:36:20PM -0800 References: <200201090429.g094TUg304206@pimout4-int.prodigy.net> <20020109.145522.66734967.imp@village.org> <3C3CC5E4.1750C63B@mindspring.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:36:20PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > "M. Warner Losh" wrote: > > Your best bet is to run NetBSD on it. Various FreeBSD/mips projects > > have failed to get off the ground and NetBSD/mips support is quite > > strong these days. If you still want FreeBSD, then getting > > NetBSD/sgimips running on it first might be a good first step. > > This despite the fact that FreeBSD would be ideal for Sibytes > cards (among other uses), which are based on MIPS processors. If there was a qualified person with time and intrest in doing a port to MIPS, one of my friends works for the company who makes the CompactPCI and VME boards that PMC-Sierra wants to use a the refrence platform and boards could easily be made available. They already ship with OpenBSD so there's even code to work with. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8POs0XY6L6fI4GtQRAv2SAJ9kLQ/5b8ZGpx8ew0l+/k7fxRlkzQCeK9uV IpF3jrMubrsehZWo2HJi3TQ= =BcXX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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