On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Andreas Busse wrote:
> > 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.
I've just talk to NetPower "head of Tech. Supp. Staff" -- Dave Vagts
(408)522-5106. Basically he said that he has never heard of Linux, that are
NT-oriented company, and that they probably cannot spend time to provide the
right kind of documentation. Maybe I talked to the wrong person. If people
started bombarding them with requests for info, they'll maybe give in. Who
knows !?
TTYL,
Jan
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