On 3/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:51:24 -0500, "Jason Crawford" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I am soon going to be getting an Octane with dual R12000SC CPUs. I was > >wondering how well OpenBSD would work on this computer (I am pretty > >sure there isn't SMP support on the SGI stuff yet) and how much help > >is needed in getting the SGI port to work even better. > > > >Jason > > Hi Jason, > > Octane support is a "planned project" but currently there is no support > for Octane as far as I know. > > The only currently supported model is the SGI O2. The "little blue > toaster" O2 systems are a lot of fun and amazingly quick when they have > lots of RAM. When you stuff them full of RAM, they just scream, moreso > than any other arch I've used. > > I've got a few O2 systems over here but I haven't touched the for months > and haven't used them with OpenBSD since 3.6/3.7. Even with the earlier > OpenBSD releases, once you get past the SGI-isms, they work very well.
Well on the OpenBSD sgi page, it says that the R12000 CPUs are supported. Is it some other piece of hardware like disk controller or something that prevents OpenBSD from running on an Octane? Jason
