Hi Sam, Quoting Sam Geeraerts <[email protected]>:
> Op Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:33:52 +0100 > schreef [email protected]: > > I installed gns 3 on a Loongson 3A hardware following the > > instructions in [1] (Debootstrapping gNewSense")and in [2] > > ("Compiling Loongson Kernel"). > > > > The system is installed on an usb key with 2 ext partitions. > > It runs from the boot.cfg file with following parameter: > > > > title gns > > kernel /dev/fs/ext2@usb0/vmlinuz > > args console=tty quiet root=/dev/sdb2 > > > > This is a first try and the configuration should be fine-tuned and > > optimized. For instance, the cputemperature can be quite hot (approx. > > 85°C), which results apparently in a kernel panick in the next > > reboot, until th system get cooler and boots normally. > > > > At the moment, there is no wifi, no swap partition, and no Xorg. > > Promising, yet we'll still have a long way to go before it's user ready > then. Christophe tells us that 3A patches are going into Linux soon > [a]. That should make our job a lot easier. > > [a] > http://gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS-3A?action=diff&rev1=12&rev2=13 Sure, this is a first shot! Gnome is running and runs as expected! For the record, here is the output from lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4) 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780E [AMD 780E] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) 04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) I attached the output from hardinfo > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev > _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
