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I've finished MIPS4/Big-endian/N32 stages and the stage3 tarball is |
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available on my dev space [1]. Being MIPS4, it's compatible with most |
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SGI machines that Linux supports. |
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I'd really appreciate some testing and feedback so I can know what to |
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fix. It contains a very modern toolchain (gcc-4.5.1, glibc-2.11.2-r3, |
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binutils-2.20.1-r1) and should give you a good base system. Since it |
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uses the N32 ABI, it should be a bit faster too. :) |
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We don't have any modern netboot or CD images to allow you to boot |
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easily, so if you use something from /experimental/mips/, then your |
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first priority should be to get a bootloader and kernel compiled so |
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the system can be self-hosting. |
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So, go test! |
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(Also, I'm also making MIPS3/Big-endian/N32 stages for SGI systems |
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like R4k Indy and Indigo2. Little-endian stages are on the TODO list.) |
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Matt |
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[1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~mattst88/mips-stages/ |
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