> 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.
It isn't. > Aside from the bootblocks not installing > from either 5.1 release or the 5.2. snapshot, everything seems to be working. Care to share details about this? > 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. That would be me. > Many patches are hitting the Linux kernel and binutils from Lemote and > MIPS people so I believe there are significant differences. The 3A systems are a completely different design. In addition to the CPU being multicore and using a completely different crossbar, the northbridge is now an AMD chip. A lot of work is needed to run on it, which is not worth starting until these systems are readily available. Unfortunately it seems Lemote can not produce enough of them for the foreign market, and I am told the ATX motherboard flavour (which would be much more interesting for server systems, or simply to use better disks than 2.5" ones) is not intended to be sold outside China. Miod
