Dropping support for R3000 based DECstation (r3k-kn02)
Thiemo and I intend to drop support for DECstations based on the R3000
chip (r3k-kn02) unless there are major objections [1]. Machines based
on the R4000 chip (r4k-kn04) will remain to be supported (at least if
someone actually does some debian-installer and kernel testing [2]).
I'm no DECstation expert, but it appears this means dropping support
for:
DECstation 5000/1xx R3000 3MIN r3k-kn02
DECstation 5000/200 R3000 3MAX r3k-kn02
DECstation 5000/240 R3000 3MAX+ r3k-kn02
Personal DECstation 5000/xx R3000 Maxine r3k-kn02
While support for the following would be kept:
DECstation 5000/150 R4000 3MIN r4k-kn04
DECstation 5000/260 R4400 3MAX+ r4k-kn04
Personal DECstation 5000/50 R4000 Maxine r4k-kn04
(This list is from the debian-installer manual. So if any one this is
wrong, please let me know so I can fix it.)
Does *anyone* actually still use a R3000 based DECstation (r3k-kn02)?
In particular people who don't compile their own kernels anyway.
[1] Objections from Peter 'p2' De Schrijver won't count since you can
(and do) compile your own kernel anyway.
[2] Note that 2.6 MIPS kernels just got accepted into the archive.
There are no DECstation flavours though because of lack of testing.
They're supported upstream so adding a flavour should work but I
really need people with actual hardware to test and confirm that the
kernel image works before I can upload it... Karsten, what's the
status of your r4k-kn04 box and your spare time?
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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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