On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> In article <BBBFF660-1241-11D9-A0D3-0005024D4123@macfinity.net>
> timo.schoeler@macfinity.net wrote:
>
>> i do have a Power Indigo2 (with MIPS R8000 :) and would *really* like
>> it to run NetBSD. AFAIK the IP26 (I2/R8k) is not yet supported (maybe
>> that nobody tried it, tho)...
>
> AFAIK, there is no R8000 support in current NetBSD/mips,
> so we have to have R8000 specific code (cache, cpuregs etc.) first.
> If IP26 has the similar hardware with IP22/24, device support
> should be trivial once after the CPU is supported, but I doubt it.
>
>> is there anything i could do (try to set it up, making it reachable via
>> serial line)?
>
> IMHO "to make serial console working" is the first step for porting,
> but it requires to push reset button or power switch many times...

 	An X10 serial contoller and a power socket unit can come in very
 	handy in remote serial console case - just hook pu the serial unit
 	to a second serial port on your 'server', and plug the machine to
 	test into the power socket unit.... instant remote powercycle :)
-- 
 		David/absolute       -- www.NetBSD.org: No hype required --