Linux/MIPS HOWTO

Ralf Bächle, ralf@gnu.org

1. What is Linux/MIPS?

2. What hardware does Linux/MIPS support?

• 2.1 Hardware platforms
• 2.2 Processor types

3. Linux distributions.

• 3.1 RedHat
• 3.2 Debian

4. Linux/MIPS net resources.

• 4.1 Anonymous FTP servers.
• 4.2 Anonymous CVS servers.
• 4.3 Web servers.
• 4.4 Mailing lists.

5. Installation of Linux/MIPS and common problems.

• 5.1 NFS booting fails.
• 5.2 Self compiled kernels crash when booting.
• 5.3 Booting the kernel on the Indy fails with PROM error messages
• 5.4 Where can I get the little endian firmware for my SNI?
• 5.5 ld dies with signal 6

6. Milo

• 6.1 Building Milo
• 6.2 Pandora

7. Loadable Modules

8. How do I setup a crosscompiler?

• 8.1 Diskspace requirements
• 8.2 Byte order
• 8.3 Configuration names
• 8.4 Installation of GNU Binutils.
• 8.5 Assert.h
• 8.6 First installation of egcs
• 8.7 float.h
• 8.8 Installing the kernel sources
• 8.9 Installing GNU libc
• 8.10 Building egcs again
• 8.11 Should I build the C++, Objective C or F77 compilers?
• 8.12 GDB

9. Related Literature

• 9.1 See MIPS Run
• 9.2 The MIPS Programmer's Handbook
• 9.3 Computer Architecture - A Quantitative Approach

10. Linux/MIPS news