Re: Linux on a RS/6000 with PowerPC and MCA
Hi,
On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:05:38PM -0700, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> > I haven't heard of anyone working on the MCA RS/6000's. You'd have
> > some code to write I'm sure.
>
> Ayuh. Glad I'm not the one to do it.
>
> > Speaking from the perspective of "IBM help". What'cha need? Perhaps I
> > might be able to first find it and second get permission to send it your
> > way.
>
> Adam Fritzler appears to be the smart guy regarding the confluence of MCA
> and PPC. Though he's pretty heavily loaded with Token-Ring issues, IIRC.
>
> I suspect technical (HW- and register-level) docs for any PowerPC MCA
> RS/6000 boxen would do it. But I don't know who should get it.
>
> Someone with time, C skills and the appropriate hardware COULD raise their
> hand and describe their platform(s)...
>
> MCA platforms I've seen so far on LPPC-WS (dupes are likely):
> RS/6k 250
> 7011, 7012, 7013 PowerPC models
> PowerPC 42T
> RS/6k Mdl C10
>
I have an rs/6k model 410, which is a 601 MCA based machine. It runs AIX 4.1
at the moment. (At least when I reassemble the machine :)).
> It would seem like the best tack would be to go after the MCA PowerPC
> boxen with an MCA port and a bootloader. Once that's working one could
> then start playing with POWER's different MMU and instruction set.
> Someone said that the PowerPC compiler can generate POWER code.
>
> And I counted about 5 people with boxes expressing serious interest
> in running Linux.
>
The machine would be more useful if it ran linux of course :)
I can help somewhat, time permitting...
> I don't count, as I don't kernel-hack or own any IBM RISC hardware.
>
> BTW, any word on those PPC IBM NetFinity boxen's hardware?
>
Uh ? I thought netfinity's are IA32 based server boxen ? At least the netfinity
5500 I have access to has a intel PentiumII CPU...
Peter.
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