Re: [9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS

[Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com>]

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Just a quick one - I assume all devices on the Yeeloong (ie, wifi) are
functional? If so, this would make a nice little terminal...


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:54 PM, <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:

> > Would it be possible to upstream this port to distribution? Minux
> > strongly encouraged me to do so.
>
> David's advice is very sensible, I'm sure Bell Labs will be interested
> in your work.
>
> That said, it is quite a mouthful, so it may need a bit of digesting.
> Here, I think Erik QUantrom (9atom) and the 9front people may be less
> reluctant to host your efforts in their distributions.
>
> Myself, I don't have a clean enough Plan 9 distribution of any nature
> that will compile your release out of the box, probably through no
> fault of your own.  I also have some unorthodox ideas of how I would
> go about merging the distributions, but anyone in their right mind
> would wait for me to deliver before contemplating the options.
>
> I'll need your help and knowledge to get everything to work on my
> Yeeloong laptop, but at this point I'm still trying to find a stable
> foundation from which to start.  As soon as I have made some progress,
> I'll be in touch.
>
> In the meantime, it may be useful to find out who, besides the two of
> us, owns a Yeeloong or any other Lemote kit to experiment with.  Oh,
> Stallman doesn't really count.
>
> Lucio.
>
>
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