Subject: Re: NetBSD on IP22 boxes
To: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
From: Miguel Mendez <mmendez@energyhq.be>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 02/12/2006 11:14:09
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:03:26 -0800 (PST)
John Klos <john@ziaspace.com> wrote:

Hi,

> > A while ago I tried NetBSD on an R4000 Indy and there were still lots
> > of problems with programs segfaulting randomly most of the time.
> > Recently I've gotten an Indigo2 and I'd like to run NetBSD on it. The
> > question is: Is anybody running NetBSD 3.0 or current on SGI hardware
> > and what your experience is with it? Is it stable enough for daily
> > usage?
> 
> I'm running netbsd-3 on an R4?00 Indy, and it's much more stable than 
> NetBSD 2 was.

Is this R4000 or R4600? The 4600 (a cheaper version of the R4400) fixed
lots of bugs in the CPU and requires less software workarounds. It
should be far more stable.

Cheers,
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Miguel Mendez	<mmendez@energyhq.be> 
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