Gentoo Linux MIPS Development
1.
Project Description
Gentoo/MIPS is a port of the Gentoo GNU/Linux and the Gentoo
Portage package management system to mips-based platforms. Primary
focus is on the Silicon Graphics (SGI) line of mips-based workstations,
specifically the Indy and Indigo2. Support is also available for the
Cobalt Microserver Qube2/RaQ2 units and the SGI O2 R5000 units.
2.
Developers
| Developer |
Nickname |
Role |
| Joshua Kinard |
kumba |
Lead |
| Ilya Volynets |
iluxa |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Colin Morey |
peitolm |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Bret Curtis |
psi29a |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Stuart Longland |
redhatter |
Member ( Porting / Documentation ) |
| Ricardo Mendoza |
ricmm |
Member ( Porting ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
3.
Subprojects
The Gentoo MIPS
project has the following subprojects:
| Project |
Lead |
Description |
| Documentation |
Stuart Longland |
Maintaining and updating documentation for Gentoo/MIPS.
|
| Stages/Netboot |
Joshua Kinard |
Creation of the Gentoo/MIPS stages for installation. A stage tarball is
a UNIX compressed tar archive of a chrootable environment for installing
Gentoo.
Netboot images are for the initial booting of an environment to unpack
the stages and install Gentoo.
|
| SGI O2 Porting |
Ilya Volynets |
The stabilization of the linux kernel on SGI O2 systems and sucessful
installation and running of Gentoo/MIPS in a multi-user environment. If
you have an SGI O2 with an R5000 or R12000 CPU and wish to help with this
subproject, then this is the team you will want to contact.
|
| Cobalt MIPS |
Stuart Longland |
Creation of installation stages and documentation for installing Gentoo/MIPS
on the Cobalt Microserver RaQ[2]/Qube[2] machines.
|
| LiveCD |
Joshua Kinard |
The creation and maintainence of a LiveCD for installing
Gentoo/MIPS.
|
4.
Herds
The Gentoo MIPS
project maintains the following herds:
| Herd |
Members |
Description |
| mips |
dirtyepic, iluxa, kanaka, kumba, peitholm, psi29a, redhatter, ricmm |
Gentoo/MIPS Team |
5.
Installation Guide, Mailing Lists, and IRC Channel
Those interested in running Gentoo/MIPS on an SGI or Cobalt MIPS-based
system can get started by reading the
Handbook.
You may also find the FAQ page
a useful read. Help can be obtained by subscribing to the
gentoo-mips mailing list. More information about subscribing to a
Gentoo mailing list can be found on the
Mailing Lists page.
Those with access to an IRC Client can join #gentoo-mips on
irc.freenode.net for general questions, help, or just to talk with
others using Gentoo/MIPS.
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