From: andy@resi.waldorf-gmbh.de (Andreas Busse) Subject: Re: MIPS R3000 board to run Linux, anyone? Date: 15 Jun 1993 07:24:47 GMT
In article <1vho7i$5et@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, tor@tss.no (Tor Arntsen) writes:
|> On Jun 11, 4:44pm, Neil Russell wrote:
|> } Some friend's and I have discussed putting together a board with a MIPS
|> } R3000 family CPU to plug into an ISA bus machine. The board would be
|> } designed with low cost in mind, however, should still manage good
|> } performance. These are the proposed specifications:
|> }
|> [rest deleted]
|>
|> This sounds really interesting! (and fun too)
|> I only run linux anyway, so I don't need Intel compatibility anymore.
|> I would be very interested in a Mips board.
|> Have you already put together a team to port linux to Mips? Could some of
|> it be done on a Silicon Graphics?
|>
|> Tor
Sorry... WHY SHOULD LINUX BE PORTED TO A MIPS ????
I'm using a Mips. This machine and it's UN*X works - in contrast to Linux which
is still heavy under development.
I'm not interested to have Linux on my Mips, even if you give me $10000 to install it !
Let's talk about porting to Mips's and SGI's when Linux is reliable. Not now.
Andy
BTW: The speedup someone promised is "wishful thinking".
We have a Magnum 3000/33 (R3000, 33 MHz) here.
It's about 3-5 times faster than my i486/33 with Linux.