Subject: Re: Status of Arc port
To: Chris Rupnik <chrisr@geeknet.montreal.qc.ca>
From: Pecsenyanszky Istvan <pisti@c3.hu>
List: port-mips
Date: 01/16/2000 20:14:54
There is a problem that the serial console doesn't work in little endian
mode. (And I don't have graphics card in my MIPS...)

Incidentally, I have a MIPS Millenium 4000 PC-50, and this configuration
disk doesn't work for me, but the original one supplied with the machine
works fine.

Istvan

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Chris Rupnik wrote:

> Fortunately, nothing is moot.
>  The diskette in question is right here
> 
> ftp://ftp.fnet.fr/linux-mips/misc/magnum-4000/
> 
> So, any updates on the project status?
> 
> Chris
> 
> Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> > In message <Pine.NEB.4.21.0001161658350.521-100000@oblivion.mono.org> David Brownlee writes:
> > :       I believe the existing NetBSD/arc project stalled due to lack of
> > :       resources, but I'm sure someone better informed than I can comment
> > :       further on the current status and what would be required.
> >
> > There were two NetBSD/arc efforts.  One was to backport the
> > OpenBSD/arc code to NetBSD.  This one had snapshots from time to time,
> > but always had enough trouble building it that I didn't track it.
> > There was also a rumored NetBSD/arc which was 64 bit, but I don't
> > think that saw the light of day either.
> >
> > However, this discussion is moot to the MIPS PC-50 that we're talking
> > about in Big Endian Mode.  That machine would need new boot roms
> > and/or the special disk from MIPS To turn it into a little endian arc
> > machine.
> >
> > Warner
>