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Date:      Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:15:32 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, popcorn@prodigy.net, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD for SGI
Message-ID:  <20020109171532.B5250@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <3C3CC5E4.1750C63B@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:36:20PM -0800
References:  <200201090429.g094TUg304206@pimout4-int.prodigy.net> <20020109.145522.66734967.imp@village.org> <3C3CC5E4.1750C63B@mindspring.com>

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On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:36:20PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> > Your best bet is to run NetBSD on it.  Various FreeBSD/mips projects
> > have failed to get off the ground and NetBSD/mips support is quite
> > strong these days.  If you still want FreeBSD, then getting
> > NetBSD/sgimips running on it first might be a good first step.
>=20
> This despite the fact that FreeBSD would be ideal for Sibytes
> cards (among other uses), which are based on MIPS processors.

If there was a qualified person with time and intrest in doing a port to
MIPS, one of my friends works for the company who makes the CompactPCI
and VME boards that PMC-Sierra wants to use a the refrence platform and
boards could easily be made available.  They already ship with OpenBSD
so there's even code to work with.

-- Brooks

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