On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:10:41PM +0000, Miod Vallat wrote: > > Odd, I thought R10K systems were locked to booting 64-bit kernels only. At > > least the Octane was when it was bootable. Not sure about IP27. > > The Octane needs a 64-bit ARCS and kernel only because none of its > physical memory is addressable with KSEG0/KSEG1. > > > >> IP26 (R8000) is not supported in Linux. I think OpenBSD got it > working, though. > > For some very limited value of working (it boots single-user but does not > last long due to page table corruption). The R8000 is infamous for its buggyness. In a silent night in Mountain View you can still hear SGI IRIX developers' curses echoing from distant mountains ... Ralf
