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Ralf: /* Anonymous CVS */

2012-08-16T10:45:03Z

‎Anonymous CVS

Ralf: /* Web CVS */ Use protocol independent URL

2011-12-02T14:25:50Z

‎Web CVS: Use protocol independent URL

Ralf: The referenced git repositories have moved.

2011-11-03T00:00:25Z

The referenced git repositories have moved.

Ralf at 16:53, 9 July 2010

2010-07-09T16:53:19Z

Ralf: /* Web CVS */

2010-07-09T16:50:37Z

‎Web CVS

Ralf: Mention that XCVS is dead

2010-07-09T16:49:04Z

Mention that XCVS is dead

Ralf: /* The Git CVS server */

2009-06-10T17:38:46Z

‎The Git CVS server

Ralf: Various updates

2009-01-22T16:54:23Z

Various updates

Ralf: Give 2nd example for the linux-malta tree.

2006-04-24T17:23:44Z

Give 2nd example for the linux-malta tree.

Ralf: Rename section.

2006-04-24T17:08:03Z

Rename section.

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 There used to be the ''linux-cvs'' and ''linux-cvs-patches'' mailing lists for information on what gets committed to this repository.  Due to freezing the CVS archive there won't be any further postings to these lists which thus have been deleted.  The archives however will be kept.
-There is also the "malta/linux" repository which is a special tree especially tuned for stability on [[Mips_Malta|Malta]].  It's usually quite far behind the main linux repository and is being phased out in favor for full-blown Malta support in the main linux CVS tree which in turn has been superseeded by the GIT tree. To checkout a stable 2.4 kernel use the tag ''MaltaRef_2_4'' and for 2.6 ''MaltaRef_2_6''.
+There is also the "malta/linux" repository which is a special tree especially tuned for stability on [[MIPS Malta|Malta]].  It's usually quite far behind the main linux repository and is being phased out in favor for full-blown Malta support in the main linux CVS tree which in turn has been superseeded by the GIT tree. To checkout a stable 2.4 kernel use the tag ''MaltaRef_2_4'' and for 2.6 ''MaltaRef_2_6''.
 More on a historical note, there also is a linux-2.0 repository.  The CVS Linux 2.0 version is a backport of the massive MIPS improvments during the 2.1 series which was created for [[Cobalt]] when it became clear that 2.2 would not be released in time to ship with the Cobalt products.  Thus it only supports early versions of the Cobalt MIPS hardware.  Of interest only to cyber archeologists.

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 == Web CVS ==
-Via [http://cvs.linux-mips.org/ cvsweb], you have direct access to the new Linux/MIPS kernel sources, and a few other projects hosted in the same CVS archive.  The intuitive interface allows you to follow the development at the click of your mouse.  Except of course that it's been obsoleted by git.
+Via [//cvs.linux-mips.org/ cvsweb], you have direct access to the new Linux/MIPS kernel sources, and a few other projects hosted in the same CVS archive.  The intuitive interface allows you to follow the development at the click of your mouse.  Except of course that it's been obsoleted by git.
 == XCVS ==

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-'''CVS''' has been retired at linux-mips.org.  The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do ''cvs diff'' and other operations but the content of the archive is frozen for several years.
+'''CVS''' has been retired at linux-mips.org.  The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do ''cvs diff'' and other operations but the content of the archive has not changed for several years.
 == Anonymous CVS ==
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 Git now has aquired the ability to deliver it's content over the venerable CVS protocol.  While inferior in endless ways it's the easy way to stay uptodate for existing CVS users.  Usage is slightly different, so here's a special cooking receipe.  First, there is no need to do a <tt>cvs login</tt>, just use the username anonymous.  Specify the git repository for the CVS repository and the ''git'' branch as the CVS module name.  Example:
 <pre>
-cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@git.linux-mips.org:/pub/scm/linux.git co -d linux -P master
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@git.linux-mips.org:/pub/scm/ralf/linux.git co -d linux -P master
 </pre>
 This will checkout the git master branch from the linux.git repository into a local subdirectory named linux.  Similarly you can use this with the linux-malta.git repository like this:
 <pre>
-cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@git.linux-mips.org:/pub/scm/linux-malta.git co -d linux -P MaltaRef_2_6
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@git.linux-mips.org:/pub/scm/ralf/linux-malta.git co -d linux -P MaltaRef_2_6
 </pre>
 which will checkout the MaltaRef_2_6 branch from the linux-malta.git repository.
 The RCS revision numbers of file versions are different between the CVS archive and the GIT-CVS archive.  This means you cannot just switch an existing checkout from the CVS to the GIT-CVS server.  Also note that because git-cvsserver may be ''very'' slow if it has to re-index the git tree.  Depending on the size of the tree and if the branch has previously been indexed branch this may take a ''long'' time.  If it happens, take this as fate's hint to switch to git.  Git has a steep learning curve but you'll be glad you did.

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-'''CVS''' has ''finally'' been retired at linux-mips.org.  Currently the main project, the MIPS kernel, has been switched to [[git]]; others will follow.  The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do ''cvs diff'' and other operations but the content of the archive is frozen.
+'''CVS''' has been retired at linux-mips.org.  The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do ''cvs diff'' and other operations but the content of the archive is frozen for several years.
 == Anonymous CVS ==
 Using CVS, you can checkout the Linux/MIPS source tree with the following commands where you insert linux, libc, gdb or faq for <repository>.

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 == Web CVS ==
-Via [http://www.linux-mips.org/cvsweb cvsweb], you have direct access to the new Linux/MIPS kernel sources, and a few other projects hosted in the same CVS archive.  The intuitive interface allows you to follow the development at the click of your mouse.
+Via [http://cvs.linux-mips.org/ cvsweb], you have direct access to the new Linux/MIPS kernel sources, and a few other projects hosted in the same CVS archive.  The intuitive interface allows you to follow the development at the click of your mouse.  Except of course that it's been obsoleted by git.
 == XCVS ==

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 == XCVS ==
+[http://xcvs.sf.net XCVS] is a system that allows breaks up commits of a CVS repository into individual commits.   It allows searching them by a number of criteria.  The XCVS database used to be updated nightly from the kernel repository only.  With the replacement of CVS by [[git]] the CVS repository's contents got frozen and so the XCVS database updates were disabled.  For sake of backward compatibility the XCVS web front end is still available but [http://git.linux-mips.org/ Gitweb] is far preferable, gives access to all public git repositories on linux-mips.org and new commits will show immediately in Gitweb.
-[http://xcvs.sf.net XCVS] runs nightly and generates patches for CVS commits made in the previous day.  You can search patches through a variety of searching criteria.  [http://www.linux-mips.org/xcvs/linux-mips/index.html Click here to explore].
 == CVS over Rsync ==

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 '''CVS''' has ''finally'' been retired at linux-mips.org.  Currently the main project, the MIPS kernel, has been switched to [[git]]; others will follow.  The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do ''cvs diff'' and other operations but the content of the archive is frozen.
 == Anonymous CVS ==
-For those who always want to stay on the bleeding edge, and want to avoid having to download patch files or full tarballs, we also have an anonymous CVS server.  Using CVS, you can checkout the Linux/MIPS source tree with the following commands where you insert linux, libc, gdb or faq for <repository>.
+Using CVS, you can checkout the Linux/MIPS source tree with the following commands where you insert linux, libc, gdb or faq for <repository>.
-      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@ftp.linux-mips.org:/home/cvs login
+      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.linux-mips.org:/home/cvs login
       (Only needed the first time you use anonymous CVS, the password is "cvs")
-      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@ftp.linux-mips.org:/home/cvs co -r <tag> <repository>
+      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.linux-mips.org:/home/cvs co -r <tag> <repository>
 The "linux" repository contains a ''linux_2_2'', ''linux_2_4'' branch and Linux 2.6 on the trunk.
-There is a mailing list for information on what gets committed to this repository.
+There used to be the ''linux-cvs'' and ''linux-cvs-patches'' mailing lists for information on what gets committed to this repository.  Due to freezing the CVS archive there won't be any further postings to these lists which thus have been deleted.  The archives however will be kept.
-There is also the "malta/linux" repository which is a special tree especially tuned for stability on [[Mips_Malta|Malta]].  It's usually quite far behind the main linux repository and is being phased out in favor for full-blown Malta support in the main linux CVS tree. To checkout a stable 2.4 kernel use the tag ''MaltaRef_2_4'' and for 2.6 ''MaltaRef_2_6''.
+There is also the "malta/linux" repository which is a special tree especially tuned for stability on [[Mips_Malta|Malta]].  It's usually quite far behind the main linux repository and is being phased out in favor for full-blown Malta support in the main linux CVS tree which in turn has been superseeded by the GIT tree. To checkout a stable 2.4 kernel use the tag ''MaltaRef_2_4'' and for 2.6 ''MaltaRef_2_6''.
-More on a historical note, there also is a linux-2.0 repository.  The CVS Linux 2.0 version is a backport of the massive MIPS improvments during the 2.1 series which was created for [[Cobalt]] when it became clear that 2.2 would not be released in
+More on a historical note, there also is a linux-2.0 repository.  The CVS Linux 2.0 version is a backport of the massive MIPS improvments during the 2.1 series which was created for [[Cobalt]] when it became clear that 2.2 would not be released in time to ship with the Cobalt products.  Thus it only supports early versions of the Cobalt MIPS hardware.  Of interest only to cyber archeologists.
-time to ship with the Cobalt products.  Thus it only supports the Cobalt Qube and Raq.
 == Web CVS ==
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 </pre>
 which will checkout the MaltaRef_2_6 branch from the linux-malta.git repository.

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 cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@git.linux-mips.org:/pub/scm/linux.git co -d linux -P master
 </pre>
-This will checkout the git master branch from the linux.git repository into a local subdirectory named master.
+This will checkout the git master branch from the linux.git repository into a local subdirectory named master.  Similarly you can use this with the linux-malta.git repository like this:

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       cvs -d/local/directory co linux  (optionally, throw in -r linux_X_Y_Z for a specific branch)
-== Git's CVS server ==
+== The Git CVS server ==
 Git now has aquired the ability to deliver it's content over the venerable CVS protocol.  While inferior in endless ways it's the easy way to stay uptodate for existing CVS users.  Usage is slightly different, so here's a special cooking receipe.  First, there is no need to do a <tt>cvs login</tt>, just use the username anonymous.  Specify the git repository for the CVS repository and the ''git'' branch as the CVS module name.  Example:
 <pre>