Re: Status

[ralf@uni-koblenz.de]

On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 09:51:36AM -0800, Greg Chesson wrote:

> Indy, I2, and Challenge-S are all related.
> Challenge-S is an Indy (small blue box) with the media stuff removed,
> with basically the same motherboard.  I don't know for sure whether
> it has the extra SCSI channel like the I2.  The I2 is a different
> motherboard in a larger (than Indy) box.  Core chipsets are the same.
> 
> What we need to do is make it easy for Linux to determine what
> chipsets are attached to the cpu.  Bill Earl might have some straightforward
> answers.  I'm in favor of simply publishing the relevant sections
> of Irix bootstrap code.  Perhaps Santa Claus can make a code drop this year.

Isn't that ``Full House'' vs. ``Guiness''?  Linux knows that difference since
it is running on the Indy.

  Ralf