Linux/MIPS FAQ entry
Hi Guys,
We need an entry in Ralf's FAQ before it goes live, so please comment
on/annotate the following:
3.2 Debian
A Debian-MIPS port is currently underway, and dates back to the packaging
efforts of Vincent Renardias in 1997. Current efforts are being bootstrapped
using SGI/Linux as a base, and dpkg compiles natively, nearly ``out of the
box.'' In addition to the SGI version, some interest has been shown in little
endian platforms. Keep an eye on the Debian-MIPS Port page
<http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/> for developments.
Ralf's dists section currently looks like this:
Linux distributions
3.1 RedHat
For MIPSeb, there's Rough Cuts Linux, previously known as Hard Hat Linux,
which is most of Red Hat Linux 5.1 ported for MIPSeb. You can get this at
ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/pub/hardhat.
It is also bundled along with M68k, UltraSparc and PowerPC in a package
called "Rough Cuts" pressed by Red Hat, and available wherever Red Hat
products are sold. This is a very convenient way to get it without having
to download 280MB. You can order Rough Cuts directly from Red Hat at
http://www.redhat.com/product.phtml/RC1000.
As well, there's a distribution based on Red Hat 5.2 that's targetting the
Cobalt Qubes; those binaries will work perfectly on other MIPSel
architectures available at
ftp://intel.cleveland.lug.net/pub/Mipsel.
Regards,
Mike
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Michael Hill
Tottenham, Canada
mdhill@genxl.com
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