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<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-doc/en/mips-requirements.xml,v 1.21 2005/03/09 02:51:09 stuartl Exp $ -->
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<guide link="/doc/en/mips-requirements.xml">
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<title>Gentoo/MIPS Linux Hardware Requirements</title>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="kumba@gentoo.org">Joshua Kinard</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Editor">
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<mail link="stuartl@longlandclan.hopto.org">Stuart Longland</mail>
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</author>
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<abstract>
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This document provides an overview of the status of various MIPS-based systems
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for installing Gentoo Linux. If you find errors or ommissions please email the
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maintainer or an editor.
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</abstract>
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 -->
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<license />
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<version>0.5</version>
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<date>2005-03-08</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>General Requirements</title>
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<section>
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<title>System Requirements</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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The exact requirements will largely depend on what you intend to use the machine
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for and how you wish to go about installing Gentoo. The following table should
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give you a rough idea.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<ti/>
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<th>Minimum</th>
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<th>Recommended</th>
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<th>Ideal</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th>RAM:</th>
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<ti>48~64MB</ti>
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<ti>>128MB</ti>
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<ti>~256MB</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th>HDD:</th>
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<ti>4GB</ti>
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<ti>>8GB</ti>
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<ti>18GB</ti>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>A Note about serial consoles</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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If you lack an appropriate Framebuffer, you will be required to use serial
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console. Serial console programs for linux include <c>minicom</c> and
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<c>xc</c>, and for Windows, <c>HyperTerminal</c> and <c>Tera Term Pro</c>. If
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you are running Windows, and intend to use HyperTerminal, it is advised that
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you seek out an updated client from the program's website instead of the one
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installed by default. An upgraded client provides much better serial support
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than the default one installed by Windows.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>User Testimonies & Kernel Configurations</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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As an aid to the project, a <uri
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link="http://stuartl.longlandclan.hopto.org/gentoo/mips/">hardware support
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database</uri> has been set up. This support database is intended to provide a
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quick and easy way to determine how well certain configurations are supported.
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The system also allows people to contribute their comments and kernel configs.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Silicon Graphics Systems -- Stable</title>
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<section>
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<body>
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<p>
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The following systems are known to be very stable overall. Just about all the
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core hardware is supported in these systems, and there are very few outstanding
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stability issues at this time.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>IP22: Indy, Indigo 2 and Challenge S</title>
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<body>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>Processor Options (Stable):</b>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<e>(on Indy and Challenge S)</e>
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R4000, R4400, R4600, R5000
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</li>
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<li>
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<e>(on Indigo 2)</e>
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R4000, R4400
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>32-bit: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>64-bit: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Userland Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>n32: <e>Experimental</e> (Only on Linux 2.6 R5000/RM5200)</li>
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<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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At present, only the Newport (XL) graphics framebuffer is supported in Linux.
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Therefore on systems with other framebuffers, you will need to use serial
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console.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Challenge S has its RJ-45 connector on a daughter board (Mezz) linked with
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an unsupported SCSI adapter, a WD33C95A. In order for this network connector
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to function, this SCSI bus needs to be activated, however it is not yet
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supported by Linux. As a result of this, the Challenge S can only get network
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connectivity via its AUI connector.
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</p>
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<p>
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Indigo2 EISA Support is <e>highly</e> experimental. It isn't very well tested
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and may not work with all hardware. Hardware that it is known to function with
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is listed, and as more compatible hardware is discovered, it will be added.
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Please note that hardware requiring DMA support is currently not functional.
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This includes EISA/ISA-based soundcards. EISA Video cards requiring an
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x86-compatible BIOS are also not functional.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>IP32: O2</title>
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<body>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>Processor Options:</b>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Stable:</b> R5000, RM5200</li>
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<li><b>Experimental:</b> RM7000</li>
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<li><b>Unsupported:</b> R10000</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Stable</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>32-bit: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>64-bit: <e>Stable</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Userland Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>n32: <e>Experimental</e> (Only on Linux 2.6)</li>
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<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The O2 RM7000 Processor support is limited in Linux currently, as it requires a
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fairly recent kernel version (>2.6.7), and has several notable issues. The
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first issue is a problem with scsi at the moment, making the internal disks
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unusable at the current time. The Level 3 (Tertiary) Cache is also disabled
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due to there being no support for this cache in the linux kernel.
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</p>
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<p>
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Please be aware that this note only applies to the official SGI RM7000 running
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at 350MHz, not the 600MHz RM7000 that can be assembed using an RM5200 board.
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These "modded" CPU modules for O2 systems are not supported/tested, although,
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in theory, they should be functional, but may suffer from the same problems
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listed above.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Silicon Graphics Systems -- Experimental/Unstable</title>
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<section>
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<body>
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<p>
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The systems listed here are known to run Linux... <e>HOWEVER</e>, in many
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cases, there are known stability issues, and major gaps in the hardware
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support. In short, it will be a rough and bumpy ride.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>IP27: Origin 200 and 2000</title>
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<body>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b>
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R10000, R12000
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>32-bit: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>64-bit: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Userland Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>n32: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>IP28: Indigo 2 Impact (a.k.a Indigo 2 R10k)</title>
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<body>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>Processor Options <e>(Experimental)</e>:</b>
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R10000
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>32-bit: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>64-bit: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Userland Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>n32: <e>Experimental</e> (Only on Linux 2.6)</li>
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<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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IP28 Indigo2 Impact support (classified as an Indigo2 system w/ an R10000
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Processor) is <e>very experimental</e>. Most of the work is currently being
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done by Peter Fuerst who maintains patches on his <uri
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link="http://home.alphastar.de/fuerst/download.html">website</uri>. This
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kernel is <e>NOT</e> intended for stable, day-to-day use. The Indigo2 IP28
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system suffers from an issue known as <e>Speculative Execution</e>, a feature
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of the R10000 Processor that is problematic on machines that are <e>Non Cache
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Coherent</e>, such as the IP28 Indigo2 and on R10000/R12000-based IP32 O2
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systems. Details on the nature of Speculative Execution, and the issues it
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poses to the Indigo2 can be found at the following URLs:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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MIPS R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual (See <e>PDF Pages 51-55</e>)
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<uri>http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/2000/007-2490-001/pdf/007-2490-001.pdf</uri>
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</li>
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<li>
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Post to NetBSD sgimips Mailing List on 29 Jun 2000
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<uri>http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2000/06/29/0006.html</uri>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>IP30: Octane</title>
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<body>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>Processor Options:</b>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Experimental:</b> R10000, R12000</li>
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<li><b>Unsupported:</b> R14000A</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>32-bit: <e>Unsupported in Kernel</e></li>
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<li>64-bit: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<b>Userland Support:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
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<li>n32: <e>Experimental</e></li>
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<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Octane support in Linux should be regarded as experimental. Support for this
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particular machine from SGI has been progressing quite well and the Linux
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kernel functions reasonably well. The current status for this system may be
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found on <uri link="http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/ip30/">Stanislaw
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Skowronek's page</uri>. Wider support in Gentoo for this system will be
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available in the future, so watch this space closely for more details.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Silicon Graphics Systems -- Unsupported</title>
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<section>
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<body>
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<p>
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Just about all of these systems are totally unsupported at the kernel level --
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making a full Linux system totally impossible. Little is known about a lot of
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the systems listed here -- therefore any support in the near future is highly
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unlikely. You may wish to keep an eye on the <uri
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link="http://www.linux-mips.org">Linux/MIPS website</uri> for any news of ports
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-- either that, or start your own. :-)
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>IP12: Iris Indigo (R3000 CPU)</li>
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<li>IP20: Iris Indigo (R4000 or R4400 CPU)</li>
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<li>IP26: Indigo 2 Power (R8000 CPU)</li>
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<li>IP34: Fuel (R14000A or R16000 CPU)</li>
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<li>IP35: Origin 3000 (R14000 or R14000A CPU)</li>
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<li>IP45: Origin 300 (R14000 CPU)</li>
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<li>IP53: Origin 350 & Tezro (R16000 CPU)</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Silicon Graphics Accessories</title>
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<section>
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<body>
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<p>
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As with most systems, there is quite wide array of peripherals that one can
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obtain for Silicon Graphics systems. While a lot of these work in IRIX, Linux
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support is a bit touch-and-go on some of these items. The following table
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lists the support for each device.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th>Unsupported/Untested</th>
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<th>Experimental Support</th>
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<th>Stable Support</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: Impact & Extreme/XZ graphics chipsets</ti>
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<ti>Indy: I2C/VINO subsystem & IndyCam</ti>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: XL Graphics Card (Newport)</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>Indy: Phobos G130 10/100Mbps NIC</ti>
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<ti>O2: GBE Framebuffer</ti>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: SGI Seeq Ethernet 10Mbps</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>Indigo2: GIO64 Slots</ti>
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<ti>O2: PCI Slot</ti>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: WD33C93 SCSI</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>Indigo2: Phobos G160 10/100Mbps NIC</ti>
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<ti>Octane: Keyboard</ti>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: HAL2 Sound/Audio</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>Challenge S: WD33C95A SCSI Adapter/RJ-45 Daughter Card</ti>
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<ti>Octane: Mardi Gras (MGRAS) Graphics</ti>
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<ti>Indy/Indigo2: Parallel Port</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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| 466 |
<ti>O2: VICE Subsystem</ti>
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<ti>Octane: QLogic ISP1040B SCSI</ti>
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| 468 |
<ti>Indy/Indigo2: Serial Port</ti>
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| 469 |
</tr>
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| 470 |
<tr>
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| 471 |
<ti>Octane: SMP Support</ti>
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| 472 |
<ti>Octane: RAD1 Audio</ti>
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| 473 |
<ti>O2: SGI MACE Ethernet 10/100Mbps</ti>
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| 474 |
</tr>
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| 475 |
<tr>
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<ti>Octane: V6/V8/V10/V12 Graphics (Odyssey)</ti>
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<ti>Origin: IOC3 Ethernet 10/100Mbps</ti>
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<ti>O2: Adaptec AIC7880 SCSI</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti/>
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| 482 |
<ti>Origin: QLogic ISP1020 SCSI</ti>
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| 483 |
<ti>O2: Serial Port</ti>
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| 484 |
</tr>
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| 485 |
<tr>
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| 486 |
<ti/>
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| 487 |
<ti>Indigo2 EISA: 3COM 3c597 10/100Mbps</ti>
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| 488 |
<ti>Indigo2 ISA: Parallel Port Card (PC-Style)</ti>
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| 489 |
</tr>
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| 490 |
<tr>
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| 491 |
<ti/>
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| 492 |
<ti>O2 PCI: ALi 5273 USB 2.0 (Req. Kernel >=2.6.8.1)</ti>
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| 493 |
<ti>Indigo2 ISA: NE2000 Compatible 10Mbps NIC (RTL8019)</ti>
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| 494 |
</tr>
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</table>
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| 496 |
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| 497 |
</body>
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| 498 |
</section>
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| 499 |
</chapter>
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| 500 |
|
| 501 |
<chapter>
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| 502 |
<title>Cobalt Servers -- Stable</title>
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| 503 |
<section>
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| 504 |
<body>
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| 505 |
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| 506 |
<p>
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| 507 |
The Cobalt servers are a set of machines all based around the QED RM523[01]
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| 508 |
CPU. They came in two varieties, the RaQ -- a rackmounted model, and the Qube,
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| 509 |
a small desktop model (1ft. cube). The big difference between these systems
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| 510 |
and the SGI systems above, is that these systems are <e>little endian</e>
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| 511 |
(<c>mipsel</c>) as opposed to <e>big endian</e> (<c>mips</c>).
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| 512 |
</p>
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| 513 |
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| 514 |
<p>
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| 515 |
These were also sold under an OEM arragement to other companies, examples of
|
| 516 |
this are the Gateway Microserver (Qube 2) and the Seagate NasRaQ (RaQ 2).
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| 517 |
</p>
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| 518 |
|
| 519 |
</body>
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| 520 |
</section>
|
| 521 |
<section>
|
| 522 |
<title>Qube/Raq 2800 (a.k.a Qube/Raq 2)</title>
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| 523 |
<body>
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| 524 |
|
| 525 |
<ul>
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| 526 |
<li><b>Processor:</b> QED RM5231 @ 250MHz</li>
|
| 527 |
<li>
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| 528 |
<b>Kernel Version Support:</b>
|
| 529 |
<ul>
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| 530 |
<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Stable</e></li>
|
| 531 |
<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Stable</e></li>
|
| 532 |
</ul>
|
| 533 |
</li>
|
| 534 |
<li>
|
| 535 |
<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
|
| 536 |
<ul>
|
| 537 |
<li>32-bit: <e>Stable</e></li>
|
| 538 |
<li>64-bit: <e>Highly Experimental</e></li>
|
| 539 |
</ul>
|
| 540 |
</li>
|
| 541 |
<li>
|
| 542 |
<b>Userland Support:</b>
|
| 543 |
<ul>
|
| 544 |
<li>o32: <e>Stable</e></li>
|
| 545 |
<li>n32: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 546 |
<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 547 |
</ul>
|
| 548 |
</li>
|
| 549 |
</ul>
|
| 550 |
|
| 551 |
</body>
|
| 552 |
</section>
|
| 553 |
</chapter>
|
| 554 |
|
| 555 |
<chapter>
|
| 556 |
<title>Cobalt Servers -- Experimental</title>
|
| 557 |
<section>
|
| 558 |
<title>Raq 2700 (a.k.a Raq 1)</title>
|
| 559 |
<body>
|
| 560 |
|
| 561 |
<ul>
|
| 562 |
<li><b>Processor:</b> QED RM5230 @ 150MHz</li>
|
| 563 |
<li>
|
| 564 |
<b>Kernel Version Support:</b>
|
| 565 |
<ul>
|
| 566 |
<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Experimental</e></li>
|
| 567 |
<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 568 |
</ul>
|
| 569 |
</li>
|
| 570 |
<li>
|
| 571 |
<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
|
| 572 |
<ul>
|
| 573 |
<li>32-bit: <e>Experimental</e></li>
|
| 574 |
<li>64-bit: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 575 |
</ul>
|
| 576 |
</li>
|
| 577 |
<li>
|
| 578 |
<b>Userland Support:</b>
|
| 579 |
<ul>
|
| 580 |
<li>o32: <e>Experimental</e></li>
|
| 581 |
<li>n32: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 582 |
<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 583 |
</ul>
|
| 584 |
</li>
|
| 585 |
</ul>
|
| 586 |
|
| 587 |
</body>
|
| 588 |
</section>
|
| 589 |
</chapter>
|
| 590 |
|
| 591 |
<chapter>
|
| 592 |
<title>Cobalt Servers -- Unsupported</title>
|
| 593 |
<section>
|
| 594 |
<title>Qube 2700 (a.k.a Qube 1)</title>
|
| 595 |
<body>
|
| 596 |
|
| 597 |
<p>
|
| 598 |
The Qube 2700 was the first of this whole subarchitecture. Unfortunately, it
|
| 599 |
lacks a serial port, making installation at present, damn near impossible.
|
| 600 |
We're looking into ways we can support this system, but as none of the
|
| 601 |
developers have access to one of these machines, we have no way to test our
|
| 602 |
efforts. You may wish to have a look at <uri
|
| 603 |
link="http://www.metzner.org/projects/qube/">Jan Metzner's page</uri> for more
|
| 604 |
information.
|
| 605 |
</p>
|
| 606 |
|
| 607 |
<ul>
|
| 608 |
<li><b>Processor:</b> QED RM5230 @ 150MHz</li>
|
| 609 |
<li>
|
| 610 |
<b>Kernel Version Support:</b>
|
| 611 |
<ul>
|
| 612 |
<li>Linux 2.4: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 613 |
<li>Linux 2.6: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 614 |
</ul>
|
| 615 |
</li>
|
| 616 |
<li>
|
| 617 |
<b>Kernel Architecture Support:</b>
|
| 618 |
<ul>
|
| 619 |
<li>32-bit: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 620 |
<li>64-bit: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 621 |
</ul>
|
| 622 |
</li>
|
| 623 |
<li>
|
| 624 |
<b>Userland Support:</b>
|
| 625 |
<ul>
|
| 626 |
<li>o32: <e>Untested In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 627 |
<li>n32: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 628 |
<li>n64: <e>Not Available In Gentoo</e></li>
|
| 629 |
</ul>
|
| 630 |
</li>
|
| 631 |
</ul>
|
| 632 |
|
| 633 |
</body>
|
| 634 |
</section>
|
| 635 |
</chapter>
|
| 636 |
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