William J. Earl wrote:
>
> Ulf Carlsson writes:
> > Hello again.
> >
> > I'm getting pretty tired. No progress at all. Is my configuration special
> > in any way?
> >
> > System: IP22
> > Processor: 100 Mhz R4000, with FPU
> > Primary I-cache size: 8 kbytes
> > Primary d-cache size: 8 kbytes
> > Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
> > Memory size: 32 Mbytes
> > Graphics: Indy 8-bit
> > SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(4)
> > SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(6)
> >
> > Are not all indys almost identical? It's very strange IMO that .72 hangs
> > before it prints anything on the screen. I think I've tested almost
> > everything by now.
> ...
>
Wouldn't be a pre newport graphics machine would it? Has this been tried? Just
a thought.
Cheers, Alistair
> No, there are many different CPU types for the Indy, in order
> of appearance:
>
> R4000PC, 100 MHZ
> R4000SC, 100 MHZ
> R4600PC, 100 and 133 MHZ
> R4400SC, 150 and 200 MHZ
> R4600SC, 133 MHZ
> R5000PC, 150 and 180 MHZ
> R5000SC, 180 MHZ
>
> In the above, "PC" means that there is no secondary cache and "SC"
> means that there is. The R4000 and R4400 are functionally very similar,
> except
> for cache size. The R4600 and R5000 are also similar, but with
> a very different cache organization from the R4000 and R4400. Various
> revision of the processors (and more than one revision was shipped
> for each processor) have different errata, so the kernel must work around
> various processor errata according to the processor type and revision.
> As I understand it, the currently checked-in source must be recompiled
> to provide R4600/R5000 PC and SC versions for Indy, and those versions
> may not be fully tested on all R4000 and R4400 revisions. In the not
> distant future, a single kernel will likely support all the processors,
> as does the IRIX kernel, but that is more work than just selecting
> the processor type at compile time.
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