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List:       linux-mips
Subject:    Re: Linux on SGI Challenge L R10000 (IP25)
From:       Noah Misch <noah () cs ! caltech ! edu>
Date:       2005-06-29 0:14:52
Message-ID: 20050629001452.GA15356 () orchestra ! cs ! caltech ! edu
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:04:12PM -0700, Andy Shepard wrote:
> Greetings.  I happen to own one of these machines (12x R10000) and I'm
> interested in doing a port for it.  Does anyone out there have any
> hardware information about this machine?

The SGI owner's guide has some high-level information:
http://www.sgi.com/products/legacy/pdf/challenge_owners_guide.pdf

/usr/include/sys/EVEREST/* from IRIX offer technical facts.

I have an R4400 Challenge (IP19), which is architecturally similar.  Hacking
Linux to boot and run simple userspace from initramfs was trivial, but I do not
yet have drivers for any of the peripheral hardware.

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