yeah, i did humorist post "
don't tell me MIPS
" (mainly because i am MIPS-addicted, like chocolate-addicted), but you are right about real usage: the IP30 (Octane line) is a real example of things that … simple do not work, you have to reduce the amount for ram due to the Xbox (1.5Gbyte is the max ram you can have … if you plan to have XIO_PCI and USB), fill an impactSR gfx instead of Odissey (if you want a frame buffer, we still do not know how to put a pixel on Odissey), remove the SMP module (which is very expensive, we know, and kernel v3.* panics with SMP -> use old kernel pre NPTL, 2.6.17) and so on, also the IOC3 does not work at all with keyboard and mouse, PS/2 devices, if you plan to plug a PCI_USB chip on the XIO-PCI (which is expensive, we know)
conclusion: no sense in term or "real usage" (IRIX simply runs better, no dubs about it), linux is just for fun
edit:
if someone interested i will open a thread to talk about other MIPS toys.
conclusion: no sense in term or "real usage" (IRIX simply runs better, no dubs about it), linux is just for fun
edit:
if someone interested i will open a thread to talk about other MIPS toys.
