On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 10:07:52PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Code Blue <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote: > > Thanks to the OpenBSD team and Miod Vallat for the Loongson port. > > > > I am trying to put together a MIPS development machine and I installed > > OpenBSD 5.1. I didn't see a change log for the Loongson snapshot referenced > > from the OpenBSD Loongson page so I don't know if there are any relevant > > changes for my intended use or whether the snapshots are supposed to be > > experimental. Which version should I use and should I be tracking current > > for this machine? Thanks. > > > For sure better to use snapshots/current.
Thanks, I'll reinstall then. Should I track current on this? I don't have any idea how many changes are being done on it. > And I think it's valid for any similar "experimental" port. Is Loongson an "experimental" port? The OpenBSD page lists it under the officially support platforms...I realize it's a work in progress, but I didn't think it was experimental. Aside from the bootblocks not installing from either 5.1 release or the 5.2. snapshot, everything seems to be working. > BTW this one http://lemote.kd85.com/ will work with Loongson port as well? > Seems like it's slightly different CPU. Good question and I have no idea. Yes, it's a different CPU. The 2E and 2F are uniprocessors. The 3A is a quard. Maybe the port maintainer will chime in. Many patches are hitting the Linux kernel and binutils from Lemote and MIPS people so I believe there are significant differences. -- _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong against HTML e-mail X MIPS Loongson and OpenBSD and proprietary / \ Mutt.org attachments Code Blue or Go Home!
