Subject: Re: SGI ports [was Re: pwd_mkdb]
To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
From: Castor Fu <castor@geocast.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/10/1999 14:32:55
I've been meaning to work on tools for this and have several Indy's which
have been donated by SGI for the purpose of working on this. However,
I've been swamped at work. If people want access to machines, I can
try to arrange to at least throw one up on the net.
-castor
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Warner Losh wrote:
> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 23:14:39 -0600
> From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
> To: port-mips@netbsd.org
> Cc: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>,
Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com>,
Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>, nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp,
Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>, Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>,
"(NetBSD/current-users Maillist)" <current-users@netbsd.org>
> Subject: Re: SGI ports [was Re: pwd_mkdb]
>
> In message <Pine.GSO.4.05.9904091444180.757-100000@cynic.anim.dreamworks.com> David Brownlee writes:
> : IRIX used to use E?COFF, but now uses ELF.
>
> Yes. This is true. IRIX uses sash to load kernels, but I'm not
> familiar with the exact details...
>
> Also, Linux has been ported to sgi, and runs fairly well. That should
> be an OK source of documentation for the machines.
>
> Warner
>