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

2014-08-17 Thread cherry
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:24 AM, wrote: >> This kernel has an in-kernel bzfs including binaries like sam, acme >> and the compiler (so it is a little big in size). > > This is valiant (not dissimilar in intent from miller's 9pi) and > useful, but in my opinion you'll get a lot more support from p

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

2014-08-17 Thread cherry
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:28 AM, wrote: >> Not yet. I am trying to get the hard drive up on the Yeeloong. Haven't >> looked at wifi. And USB will be the hard part for me... Hopefully it >> will be all supported. > > I need to ask: VGA? I'll come back to that when you respond. The laptop screen w

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

2014-08-17 Thread Richard Miller
No offence at all - clarification was offered because I don't want to be credited with more than I've actually done. 9pi was a conservative (changing as little as possible) port. The usbdwc driver was born out of necessity, and probably a deadend because most usb host hardware follows one of the

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

2014-08-17 Thread lucio
> Some confusion I think - 9pi image is Bell Labs distribution built with kernel > /sys/src/9/bcm and arm binaries, not from any separate source tree. > I do tend to shoot from the hip, I sincerely hope there were no unintended casualties as a result :-) That said, the build process for the insta

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

2014-08-17 Thread Richard Miller
Lucio said: > USB you should probably adopt from 9pi rather than the Bell Labs > distribution Some confusion I think - 9pi image is Bell Labs distribution built with kernel /sys/src/9/bcm and arm binaries, not from any separate source tree. USB kernel driver for the pi was written specially for

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

2014-08-16 Thread lucio
> Not yet. I am trying to get the hard drive up on the Yeeloong. Haven't > looked at wifi. And USB will be the hard part for me... Hopefully it > will be all supported. I need to ask: VGA? I'll come back to that when you respond. USB you should probably adopt from 9pi rather than the Bell Labs d

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

2014-08-16 Thread lucio
> This kernel has an in-kernel bzfs including binaries like sam, acme > and the compiler (so it is a little big in size). This is valiant (not dissimilar in intent from miller's 9pi) and useful, but in my opinion you'll get a lot more support from people who like me are willing to build the system

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

2014-08-16 Thread Shane Morris
Thank you, that would be most suitable for the time being. Now to find on to purchase. Sent from my iPad > On 17 Aug 2014, at 6:58 am, cherry wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Shane Morris wrote: >> Just a quick one - I assume all devices on the Yeeloong (ie, wifi) are >> functiona

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

2014-08-16 Thread cherry
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Shane Morris wrote: > Just a quick one - I assume all devices on the Yeeloong (ie, wifi) are > functional? Not yet. I am trying to get the hard drive up on the Yeeloong. Haven't looked at wifi. And USB will be the hard part for me... Hopefully it will be all suppor

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

2014-08-16 Thread cherry
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:03 PM, wrote: >> I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so >> I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32 bit) to run on it. > > Got it running, it's simply MAGIC! I am very happy to hear this. Thanks very much for your encouragement. I als

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

2014-08-16 Thread cherry
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:30 PM, David du Colombier <0in...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Indeed I have a question about unifying the 2E and 2F kernels. >> Currently 2F is separated so that it is convenient for me to >> experiment new code for 2F hardwares without worrying breaking 2E. >> Eventually it migh

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

2014-08-16 Thread lucio
> I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so > I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32 bit) to run on it. Got it running, it's simply MAGIC! I wish I could thank you suitably. Lucio.

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

2014-08-16 Thread Shane Morris
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, wrote: > > Would it be possible to upstream this port to distribution? Minux > > strongly encouraged me to do so. > > David's advi

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

2014-08-15 Thread lucio
> 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

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

2014-08-15 Thread David du Colombier
> Indeed I have a question about unifying the 2E and 2F kernels. > Currently 2F is separated so that it is convenient for me to > experiment new code for 2F hardwares without worrying breaking 2E. > Eventually it might be better to unify them. I think it is possible to > share the C code, with spec

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

2014-08-15 Thread cherry
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 3:23 AM, David du Colombier <0in...@gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome job! Thanks. > > -- > David du Colombier > Thanks again! Indeed I have a question about unifying the 2E and 2F kernels. Currently 2F is separated so that it is convenient for me to experiment new code for 2F ha

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

2014-08-15 Thread cherry
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Fausto Saporito wrote: > Yep it's cool! > I have one from Tekmote (supplier for all Europe). > They have also a laptop with Loongson 3 (full MIPS64). Thank all! Yes, they do. Loongson 3A is multicore, which I would like to play with. But it is too far expensive to

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

2014-08-15 Thread David du Colombier
Awesome job! Thanks. -- David du Colombier

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

2014-08-14 Thread Fausto Saporito
Yep it's cool! I have one from Tekmote (supplier for all Europe). They have also a laptop with Loongson 3 (full MIPS64). 2014-08-15 6:41 GMT+02:00 Skip Tavakkolian : > thanks! this is cool. > > btw, the only supplier i can find is aliexpress. are there any others? > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7

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

2014-08-14 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
thanks! this is cool. btw, the only supplier i can find is aliexpress. are there any others? On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:07 PM, cherry wrote: > Hello 9Fans, > > I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so > I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32 bit) to run on it

[9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS

2014-08-14 Thread cherry
Hello 9Fans, I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32 bit) to run on it. Now both machines can run Plan 9. Specific to 2F laptop, the keyboard, mouse, screen and ethernet are supported. The hard drive is supported only on 2E