From gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk Sun Mar 9 15:02:28 2008 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5A2106566B for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (mail-gw1.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1598C8FC30 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:02:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw7.york.ac.uk (mail-gw7.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.30]) by mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m29F2N53012392 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:02:24 GMT Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.105]) by mail-gw7.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JYN2d-0007fZ-Sf for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:02:23 +0000 Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m29F1uTg068412 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:01:56 GMT (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: (from root@localhost) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m29F1ucH068411; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:01:56 GMT (envelope-from gavin) Message-Id: <200803091501.m29F1ucH068411@ga9test2.york.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:01:56 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson Reply-To: Gavin Atkinson To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: MIPS platform page on website out-of-date X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 121528 >Category: www >Synopsis: [patch] MIPS platform page on website out-of-date >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: jkois >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 09 15:10:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: Sun Jun 01 08:25:10 UTC 2008 >Last-Modified: Sun Jun 1 08:30:03 UTC 2008 >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The MIPS platform page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/mips.html is very out of date, and makes no mention of the recent efforts to port FreeBSD to the lower end MIPS32 hardware, only mentioning the port to SGI hardware, which is further away from completion. I've added a link to the MIPS wiki page, which is probably a better source of info than the mailing list, and also updated the layout slightly. I haven't added details of who should be contacted about the MIPS32 half of the project, I guess ideally the mailing list should be the first point of contact. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- mips.diff begins here --- Index: www/en/platforms/mips.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/mips.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.6 mips.sgml --- www/en/platforms/mips.sgml 19 Aug 2006 21:20:40 -0000 1.6 +++ www/en/platforms/mips.sgml 9 Mar 2008 14:55:55 -0000 @@ -9,16 +9,28 @@ &header; +

Introduction

This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the - MIPS.

+ MIPS® platform. Discussion of the MIPS port takes + place on the + freebsd-mips + mailing list.

Status

+ +

MIPS is a + + Tier 3 architecture, and as such is currently regarded as experimental. + It is not supported by the FreeBSD project.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the FreeBSD/MIPS project?

FreeBSD/MIPS is a port of the FreeBSD operating system - to computers with MIPS R4K and beyond processors, most notably - SGI's MIPS computers.

What hardware are you targeting?

At the moment SGI's MIPS computers. Other MIPS platforms +

At the moment, several MIPS32 development boards and + SGI's MIPS64 computers are being targeted. Other MIPS platforms such as common embedded boards and non-exotic computers in - a similar configuration to those offered by SGI are expected + a similar configuration are expected to be targeted later on.

What is the current status?

FreeBSD/MIPS is in the early stages of development, see the - project status page for information + project status page and the + MIPS wiki page + for information about currently ongoing work.