Re: 10.1 is working on a SGI Challenge S

[Adrian Chadd <adrian%freebsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 at 10:01, Tim McIntosh <tmcintos%eskimo.com@localhost> wrote:
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> > On Jan 7, 2026, at 12:20 PM, George Harvey <fr30%dial.pipex.com@localhost> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:24:35 +0000
> > Jonathan Chapman <lists%glitchwrks.com@localhost> wrote:
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> >> I cross-build most of the packages I use on a NetBSD/AMD64 VM and native build...mostly only Perl I think. `pkgsrc` has you covered with crossbuild support out of the box. Might be nice to have a coordinated effort to make binary packages available somewhere though.
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> > I'm also considering the cross-build route. I had look for binary packages after completing the install and they're not available for sgimips.
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> I had a fairly large number of packages (from circa 2012) installed on the system I was trying to upgrade last year. I tried the cross-build route (from macOS/arm64), but as I recall, I ended up spending numerous hours going pretty far down the rabbit hole with the web of dependencies before finally giving up on it.
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> I feel like the best approach would be to have a supported binary pkgsrc build available from netbsd.org. Given that binary builds for sgimips or mipseb are no longer supported by pkgsrc, and that R4000 and up are 64-bit CPUs, I have wondered about the feasibility of using the available mips64eb packages. I noticed that there were various 64-bit kernel configurations in the sgimips tree, but it was unclear to what degree any of those were expected to work on systems like the Indy and Challenge S. I tried to build a 64-bit configuration for the Challenge S last year, but it was ultimately not successful in getting it to work.
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> Just wondering whether anyone else has already considered or attempted this.

I've not yet had any success building/booting 64 bit userland/kernels
for the o2/indy. :( I haven't gotten to that yet.

What's needed to get supported pkgsrc 32 bit sgimips stuff going?



-adrian

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> Thanks!
> Tim
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