On a related note, does anyone know where I can buy a Lemote YeeLoong in the United States?
-Chris On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Rtp Arnaud Patard <[email protected]> wrote: > Laurent GUERBY <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi, > > [...] > >> Thanks for your answer. >> >> You mean that changing sources.list and then "apt-get update; apt-get >> dist-upgrade" is likely to work (ie not breaking completely the >> machine)? > > Loongson 2f is mips3 compatible so any mipsel distribution will work on > this processor [warning: the loongson is little endian only]. The only > parts missing may be all the stuff related to the hardware like kernel > and Xorg driver. Take care also about packages version. For instance, > newer Xorg need some patch in the kernel to work (see [1]). > > imho you'll get into troubles only if you start mixing > distributions (for instance plain debian with the version from > lemote). If you really fear about breaking stuff, what about using a > debian chroot and then do the switch when you're confident enough ? > >> >>> For your information, the GNewSenseToMIPS projetct is gathering information >>> on >>> the platfors using the godson CPU from Lemote Tech. >>> You may find useful information here: >>> >>> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS >>> >>> Feel free to correc/complete the information provided! >> >> Yes I had this one in my bookmarks but it doesn't mention >> (yet) the slowness of the www.lemote.com repository from >> Europe. When I have enough information I'll update the wiki :). >> >> In particular has anyone tried the debian-mipsel >> netinst on this particular harware? >> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r6/mipsel/iso-cd/debian-40r6-mipsel-netinst.iso > > if you take lemote's kernel, netboot initrd, put them on a tftp, you can > try to boot them with pmon. If it doesn't work, put kernel/initrd in > /boot and boot them from pmon. > Booting directly from a cd in a usb cdrom drive may work but it depends > on your pmon version. iirc, there has been in the past bugs preventing > this to work. I hope they're fixed now :) > Of course, this assume that all needed support for usb/harddrive/network/... > is built-in in lemote's kernel and that you're using it. Default debian > kernel won't work afaik > > > Arnaud > > [1] http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2008-12/msg00056.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
