So here it is: Blender 2.48 compiled with MIPSPro.
I bumped the max threads up to 64. Let me know if you want it higher. According to Ton due to some internal issues, you should always set the max parts (XParts * YParts) to 4x the number of threads. Of course the scaling of Blender has never really been tested above 8 CPUs so if you have a system with more CPUs than that and could give me some SSH time with the machine, I'd be willing to do some work on it. Ton is also pushing me for a 64-bit release, so we'll get that going as soon as the 32 bit version is stable. Look for it early/mid november.
Some things to keep in mind:
1) I have tested this via the command line only. I don't have access to a IRIX machine with a head. And IRIX isn't happy doing OpenGL over SSH. But I was able to get it to render a frame, and export it to JPEG.
UPDATE 10-22-08
Threads up to 64. FFMpeg and Yafray enabled. FFMpeg includes lamemp3, ogg, vorbis, faac, etc. Internationalization now supported. OpenAL and SDL enabled.
UPDATE 10-21-08
Fixed some issues with the libraries, Alpha b is now up
and here's the link http://www.timbilism.com/junk/blender-2.48-irix-c.tar.gz
Note: This has been compiled to use static libs as much as possible. The reasoning is that I want this version of Blender to run on any Irix machine, not just a Nekoware Irix machine.
I bumped the max threads up to 64. Let me know if you want it higher. According to Ton due to some internal issues, you should always set the max parts (XParts * YParts) to 4x the number of threads. Of course the scaling of Blender has never really been tested above 8 CPUs so if you have a system with more CPUs than that and could give me some SSH time with the machine, I'd be willing to do some work on it. Ton is also pushing me for a 64-bit release, so we'll get that going as soon as the 32 bit version is stable. Look for it early/mid november.
Some things to keep in mind:
1) I have tested this via the command line only. I don't have access to a IRIX machine with a head. And IRIX isn't happy doing OpenGL over SSH. But I was able to get it to render a frame, and export it to JPEG.
UPDATE 10-22-08
Threads up to 64. FFMpeg and Yafray enabled. FFMpeg includes lamemp3, ogg, vorbis, faac, etc. Internationalization now supported. OpenAL and SDL enabled.
UPDATE 10-21-08
Fixed some issues with the libraries, Alpha b is now up
and here's the link http://www.timbilism.com/junk/blender-2.48-irix-c.tar.gz
Note: This has been compiled to use static libs as much as possible. The reasoning is that I want this version of Blender to run on any Irix machine, not just a Nekoware Irix machine.
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. -- Dennis Ritchie