ROCK Linux MIPS Port Status ReportI'm currently using the "SGI Challenge S" Rolla sent me as main compile box since it has the fastest Processor (R4400 195Mhz). I stuffed it with all the RAM that i've got and that fit in (taken from my Indigo2, mostly) so it has a total of 192 MB of RAM. Disk space is provided by Huebi's 8 GB disk, which I attached externally, to avoid heating up the innards of the un-airconditioned machine. Building ROCK still take ages...
As for the port status: My current task is to port the ld.so 'allow-pattern' patch to glibc's own ldconfig, as ld.so's ldconfig does not work on MIPS (for some glibc reasons i am unable and unwilling to determine, as glibc's ldconfig works fine).
The next step will be to generate a working kernel configuration that matches the CPU selection in the build configuration. But first things first.
I also might have to use glibc-cvs and gcc-3.2 to support mips. A lot has changed in the code, and all the advises say to use the absolutely newest version.
The "fundraising" for the PS2 / Linuxkit thus far yielded 0 EUR and 0 Cents.
For personal reasons i will have a lot of time in the near future i can use on ROCK Linux (and a lot less money), but not only will i push the MIPS port forward, i also want to take a closer look into the kernel, especially device driver writing. I'm on a vacation for 2 weeks in August, where i will exclusively hack on the framebuffer and sound driver for the JavaStation.
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