Hi,
>
> I don't think the NetPower R4400 machine is currently supported. If
> your friend can get the right documentation for that machine, it
> shouldn't be horrible to integrate changes for that machine into the
> main development effort. The bulk of the R4400 interrupt handling,
> memory management, etc has been completed (in fact Ralf, one of the
> main developers, has an Acer MIPS box that he has uptimes of 5 days
> on).
>
> However, if you can't get documentation, you will likely find it a
> hard and frustrating battle. I have an older deskstation rPC 44 which
> runs only at 100MHz that I've been having difficulty getting up and
> running due, in part, to lack of adequate documentation.
>
I already tried to contact someone at NetPower regarding Linux/MIPS
but I got *no* response at all to my mail messages. Try to convince
them that Linux/MIPS is a good idea and might increase their sales
and you might have luck.
Cheers,
Andy
-----------------------------------------------------------
Andreas Busse | andy@soft-n-hard.de
Soft N Hard GbR | Phone: +49 2636-970105
Im Hufen Boden 16, D-53498 Waldorf | Fax: +49 2636-970106
-----------------------------------------------------------
|