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If you find errors or ommissions please email the +This document provides an overview of the status of various MIPS-based systems +for installing Gentoo Linux. If you find errors or omissions please email the maintainer or an editor. </abstract> @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ <body> <p> -The exact requirements will largely depend on what you intend to use the machine -for and how you wish to go about installing Gentoo. The following table should -give you a rough idea. +The exact requirements will largely depend on what you intend to use the +machine for and how you wish to go about installing Gentoo. The following +table should give you a rough idea. </p> <table> @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ </body> </section> - <section> <title>A Note about serial consoles</title> <body> @@ -120,12 +119,10 @@ <b>Processor Options (Stable):</b> <ul> <li> - <e>(on Indy and Challenge S)</e> - R4000, R4400, R4600, R5000 + <e>(on Indy and Challenge S)</e> R4000, R4400, R4600, R5000 </li> <li> - <e>(on Indigo 2)</e> - R4000, R4400 + <e>(on Indigo 2)</e> R4000, R4400 </li> </ul> </li> @@ -155,26 +152,25 @@ <b>Notes:</b> <ol> <li> - At present, only the Newport (XL) graphics framebuffer is - supported in Linux. Therefore on systems with other framebuffers, - you will need to use serial console. + At present, only the Newport (XL) graphics framebuffer is supported in + Linux. Therefore on systems with other framebuffers, you will need to + use serial console. </li> <li> The Challenge S has its RJ-45 connector on a daughter board (Mezz) - linked with an unsupported SCSI adapter, a WD33C95A. In order for - this network connector to function, this SCSI bus needs to be - activated, however it is not yet supported by Linux. As a result - of this, the Challenge S can only get network connectivity via its - AUI connector. + linked with an unsupported SCSI adapter, a WD33C95A. In order for this + network connector to function, this SCSI bus needs to be activated, + however it is not yet supported by Linux. As a result of this, the + Challenge S can only get network connectivity via its AUI connector. </li> <li> - Indigo2 EISA Support is <e>highly</e> experimental. It isn't very - well tested and may not work with all hardware. Hardware that it - is known to function with is listed, and as more compatible - hardware is discovered, it will be added. Please note that - hardware requiring DMA support is currently not functional. This - includes EISA/ISA-based soundcards. EISA Video cards requiring an - x86-compatible BIOS are also not functional. + Indigo2 EISA Support is <e>highly</e> experimental. It isn't very well + tested and may not work with all hardware. Hardware that it is known + to function with is listed, and as more compatible hardware is + discovered, it will be added. Please note that hardware requiring DMA + support is currently not functional. This includes EISA/ISA-based + soundcards. EISA Video cards requiring an x86-compatible BIOS are also + not functional. </li> </ol> </li> @@ -222,7 +218,7 @@ <ol> <li> The O2 RM7000 Processor support is limited in Linux currently, as it - requires a fairly recent kernel version (>2.6.7), and has several + requires a fairly recent kernel version (>2.6.7), and has several notable issues. The first issue is a problem with SCSI at the moment, making the internal disks unusable at the current time. The Level 3 (Tertiary) Cache is also disabled due to there being no support for @@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ <li> Please be aware that this note only applies to the official SGI RM7000 running at 350MHz, not the 600MHz RM7000 that can be assembed using an - RM5200 board. These "modded" CPU modules for O2 systems are not + RM5200 board. These "modded" CPU modules for O2 systems are not supported/tested, although, in theory, they should be functional, but may suffer from the same problems listed above. </li> @@ -262,8 +258,7 @@ <ul> <li> - <b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b> - R10000, R12000 + <b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b> R10000, R12000 </li> <li> <b>Kernel Support:</b> @@ -297,8 +292,7 @@ <ul> <li> - <b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b> - R10000 + <b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b> R10000 </li> <li> <b>Kernel Support:</b> @@ -326,21 +320,21 @@ <b>Notes:</b> <ol> <li> - IP28 Indigo2 Impact support (classified as an Indigo2 system w/ an - R10000 Processor) is <e>very experimental</e>. Most of the work is - currently being done by Peter Fuerst who maintains patches on his - <uri link="http://home.alphastar.de/fuerst/download.html";>website</uri>. - This kernel is <e>NOT</e> intended for stable, day-to-day use. The - Indigo2 IP28 system suffers from an issue known as <e>Speculative + IP28 Indigo2 Impact support (classified as an Indigo2 system w/ an + R10000 Processor) is <e>very experimental</e>. Most of the work is + currently being done by Peter Fuerst who maintains patches on his <uri + link="http://home.alphastar.de/fuerst/download.html";>website</uri>. + This kernel is <e>NOT</e> intended for stable, day-to-day use. The + Indigo2 IP28 system suffers from an issue known as <e>Speculative Execution</e>, a feature of the R10000 Processor that is problematic on machines that are <e>Non Cache Coherent</e>, such as the IP28 Indigo2 and on R10000/R12000-based IP32 O2 systems. Details on the nature of Speculative Execution, and the issues it poses to the Indigo2 can be found at the following URLs: - <ul> <li> - MIPS R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual (See <e>PDF Pages 51-55</e>) + MIPS R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual (See <e>PDF Pages + 51-55</e>) <uri>http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/2000/007-2490-001/pdf/007-2490-001.pdf</uri> </li> <li> @@ -388,12 +382,13 @@ <ol> <li> Octane support in Linux should be regarded as experimental. Support for - this particular machine from SGI has been progressing quite well and - the Linux kernel functions reasonably well. The current status for this - system may be found on - <uri link="http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/ip30/";>Stanislaw Skowronek's page</uri>. - Wider support in Gentoo for this system will be available in the future, - so watch this space closely for more details. + this particular machine from SGI has been progressing quite well and + the Linux kernel functions reasonably well. The current status for this + system may be found on <uri + link="http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/ip30/";>Stanislaw + Skowronek's page</uri>. Wider support in Gentoo for this system will + be available in the future, so watch this space closely for more + details. </li> <li> The serial ports on the Octane currently only support 9600 baud rate, @@ -497,10 +492,10 @@ <note> (1) Work has begun on porting the ImpactSR to the Indigo2 Impact (IP28) workstation. At the moment, it's early days, and the driver is not functional -yet, but this may change in the comming months.<br/> +yet, but this may change in the coming months.<br/> -- [email protected] mailing list
