Hello everybody, I've got an R4000-based SGI Indigo and I'm wondering about how to get Linux to run on it. Somewhere I read that the Indigo is so far unsupported, and indeed, upon trying to boot the kernel that I found at
ftp://ftp.rfc822.org/pub/local/debian-mips/kernel/ kernel-image-2.4.3-ip22-r4k.tgz I got the dreaded message "Yeee, could not determine architecture type <SGI-IP20>". I took a look into the kernel source tree and found that message being generated in "arch/mips/arc/identify.c" when the architecture type isn't found in the "mach_table". Now, what are the differences between the supported IP22 and the unsupported IP20 architecture? Are they particularly great, or rather minor? Sorry, I don't know too much about the internal workings of MIPS-based machines, and sorry again if this tends to be a FAQ. I checked the archives of this list but didn't find too much info regarding this particular question. In any case, obviously, I'd love to get Linux to run on my machine, so any hints as to how to get on are appreciated. (Actually, I was somewhat tempted to just change arch/mips/arc/identify.c and add "IP20" to the table (copying the rest of the line from the IP22 entry), just to see what happens if I pretend that it doesn't really matter whether the box has an IP20 or IP22 architecture. But then, I guess, if it were that easy to get Linux to run on an Indigo, somebody else would have done that already, right? :-)) Best regards, Christoph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
