Re: Dropping support for R3000 based DECstation (r3k-kn02)
Hi,
>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
I'm still owning one of each: 5000/25, 5000/33, 5000/133, 5000/200
and a 5000/240 (which is currently disassembled and b0rked :-(.
>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
While I don't have any of these.
>(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.
As this normally takes forever on the 5k machines I own, I usually
go with the installation kernels. I'm no big fan of cross-compiling,
either. But I could compile my own, if you drop support for them -
though the install would then be a PITA. I really liked the CD install
on my 5k/133, it was cool that it just worked out of the box :-)
>[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...
[del]
I'm in the process of getting into a new job early next month (yes,
again...), so any planning involving my spare time will be void then,
sorry.
CU,
Uli
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