Package: www.debian.org Version: - Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The appended patch removes at least the most outdated info from the mips port pages, and also updated a few things.
Thiemo Index: english/ports/mips/index.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/ports/mips/index.wml,v retrieving revision 1.83 diff -u -p -r1.83 index.wml --- english/ports/mips/index.wml 1 Jan 2005 14:42:22 -0000 1.83 +++ english/ports/mips/index.wml 23 Mar 2005 22:30:19 -0000 @@ -11,46 +11,32 @@ endianness</a> of the binaries. The Mips both endiannesses, but since that's normally not changeable in software, we need to have both architectures. SGI machines (SGI Indy and Indigo2) are running <a href="http://www.foldoc.org/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=big-endian";>big-endian</a> -which is debian-mips. Digital Decstations are running +which is debian-mips. Digital Decstations and Cobalt Cube/RaQ are running <a href="http://www.foldoc.org/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=little-endian";>little-endian</a>, -debian-mipsel.</p> +debian-mipsel. The BCM91250A aka SWARM can run in both modes, selectable by a +switch on the board.</p> <h2>Known problems</h2> <ul> - <li>No working x keymap for XFree 4 on Decstations</li> - <li>R4600 CPUs currently seem to have an unresolved bug appearing as segfaulting perl. - It seems that <code>export LD_BIND_NOW=1</code> solves the problem.</li> - <li>R4600 V1.7 does not work in current CVS. Random hangs.</li> <li>O2 R10000 is NOT supported</li> - <li>O2 R5000 - EXPERIMENTAL without framebuffer</li> + <li>O2 R5000 - EXPERIMENTAL, flaky framebuffer</li> <li>Indigo 2 R8000/R10000 are unsupported</li> - <li>Indigo 2 framebuffer are unsupported</li> + <li>Indigo 2 framebuffers except XL are unsupported</li> <li>Challenge S extra Ethernet/SCSI is unsupported (GIO64 Devices)</li> <li>EISA slots in the Indigo 2 are unsupported</li> - <li>R3000 Decstation does crash with current cvs kernel</li> </ul> <h2>Known problems (Resolved)</h2> <ul> + <li>No working x keymap for XFree 4 on Decstations</li> + <li>R4600 CPUs currently seem to have an unresolved bug appearing as segfaulting perl. + It seems that <code>export LD_BIND_NOW=1</code> solves the problem.</li> + <li>R4600 V1.7 does not work in current CVS. Random hangs.</li> + <li>R3000 Decstation does crash with current cvs kernel</li> <li>Early crash on Indigo2 if Framebuffer/Newport is enabled</li> - <li>XFree XShm is broken - Pixmaps get corrupted - Fix included in current cvs.</li> - <li>"sleep" sometimes wont return from sleeps - Strace - shows a 22 year sleep - Seems to be some librt/fpu stuff - Havent seen this for couple - of months. Seems to be fixed as of Kernel 2.4.17 / glibc 2.2.5-3.</li> - <li>update-menus throws a SIGBUS - Seems to be c++ exception handling - We are - linking it static for now which seems to solve the issue.</li> - <li>The 3.0.22 Boot-Floppies which probably will be released with - woody name the kernel in the volume-header wrong. Its name is "linux.bi" - not just "linux" - Try using "arcboot" which is the next generation boot-loader - for the SGIs but be careful - You need to install a newer kernel image - that includes an ELF kernel. Woody will release with 3.0.23.</li> </ul> <h2>Public machines</h2> <ul> - <li>pongo.verwaltung.uni-mainz.de.<br> - An SGI Indy - R4000SC 256MB Ram<br> - <email [EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <li>remake.rfc822.org<br> A Masquerade Pro donated by Lasat. A little endian [EMAIL PROTECTED] running debian-mipsel and running the @@ -88,22 +74,19 @@ Debian/Mips</p> Subscribe via mail to <email [EMAIL PROTECTED]>.<br> Archive is at <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/";>lists.debian.org</a>. - <li>[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Linux/Mips and Linux/Mipsel for all archs not only SGI.<br> - Subscribe via mail to <email [email protected]> with "subscribe linux-mips". - - <li>[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Porting 2.2/2.4 to the Cobalt Qube/RaQ.<br> - <a href="http://devel.alal.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-22";>http://devel.alal.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-22</a> + <li>[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Linux/Mips and Linux/Mipsel kernel development.<br> + Subscribe via mail to <email [EMAIL PROTECTED]> with "subscribe linux-mips". </ul> <h2>Links</h2> <dl> - <dt>Decstation Linux - Pages especially for Decstation Users - A bit outdated - <dd><a href="http://decstation.unix-ag.org/";>decstation.unix-ag.org</a> + <dt>Linux/MIPS kernel development - Lots of related information about MIPS + <dd><a href="http://www.linux-mips.org/";>linux-mips.org</a> <dt>CPU Vendor <dd><a href="http://www.mips.com/";>www.mips.com</a> - <dt>SGI Hosted Linux/Mips webpages - <dd><a href="http://oss.sgi.com/mips/";>oss.sgi.com/mips</a> + <dt>Decstation Linux - Pages especially for Decstation Users - Outdated + <dd><a href="http://decstation.unix-ag.org/";>decstation.unix-ag.org</a> <dt>Little endian MIPS RPM package repository of Karsten Merker <dd><a href="ftp://bolug.uni-bonn.de/mips/";>bolug.uni-bonn.de/mips/</a> <dt>Maciej W. Rozycki repository @@ -114,7 +97,7 @@ Debian/Mips</p> <dd><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/faq.html";>http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/faq.html</a> <dt>Linux-Mips crossdev howto <dd><a href="http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/mips-cross.html";>http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/mips-cross.html</a> - <dt>Debian/Mips indy install HOWTO + <dt>Debian/Mips Indy install HOWTO <dd><a href="http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html";>\ http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html</a> <dt>GNU/Linux on the Philips Nino @@ -130,4 +113,3 @@ Debian/Mips</p> <dt>Explanation of the I2/O2 R10k cpu/cache issues. <dd><a href="http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2000/06/29/0006.html";>http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2000/06/29/0006.html</a> </dl> - Index: english/ports/mips/people.inc =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/ports/mips/people.inc,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -p -r1.4 people.inc --- english/ports/mips/people.inc 31 Jan 2003 14:38:33 -0000 1.4 +++ english/ports/mips/people.inc 23 Mar 2005 22:30:19 -0000 @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@ <ul> <li> Ryan Murray <li> Guido Guenther - <li> Christoph Martin <li> Florian Lohoff - <li> Henning Heinold - <li> Ulf Carlsson - <li> Vincent Renardias <li> Karsten Merker <li> Martin Schulze + <li> Thiemo Seufer </ul> Index: english/ports/mips/system.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/ports/mips/system.wml,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -p -r1.14 system.wml --- english/ports/mips/system.wml 29 Dec 2004 20:31:42 -0000 1.14 +++ english/ports/mips/system.wml 23 Mar 2005 22:30:19 -0000 @@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ <li>Olivetti M700-10 <li>Lasat Masquerade Pro <li>Jazz - <li>Badget + <li>Baget <li>Galileo EV96100 <li>Galileo EV64120 <li>Galileo GT64120 <li>NEC DDB VRC 5476 <li>Cobalt Cube - <li>Cobalt RAQ + <li>Cobalt RaQ <li>SGI Indy <li>SGI Indigo2 <li>SGI Indigo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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