Comments on: Firefox 3.0.1 on MIPS http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/09/01/firefox-301-on-mips/ The life and times of Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: SnakeByte http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/09/01/firefox-301-on-mips/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 SnakeByte Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:13:12 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=281#comment-1724 Hi, for testing, would it be sufficient to run it on the MIPS machine and display somewhere with X11-forwarding? Having an ebuild or binary package available I could give it some testing on my Octane{,2} but I do not want to move that CRT monster again :( Hi,

for testing, would it be sufficient to run it on the MIPS machine
and display somewhere with X11-forwarding?

Having an ebuild or binary package available I could give it some testing on my Octane{,2}
but I do not want to move that CRT monster again :(

]]> By: Redhatter (VK4MSL) http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/09/01/firefox-301-on-mips/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Redhatter (VK4MSL) Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:50:37 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=281#comment-1699 Manuel: I used default USE flags (no xulrunner) which was probably a mistake on my part -- for the short term we've pulled the patches until such time as I can fix the clash with xulrunner. Someone: I haven't looked at the video yet... I wouldn't have a clue how they're constructed at this point. Not everything that runs Linux/MIPS is a viable target for Gentoo/MIPS -- and some of these set-top boxes are pretty small in the RAM. If they're relying on execute-in-place filesystems, then I'd say it's probably too small for us to support. Not to say it doesn't sound like a nice device... but time constraints means it's next to impossible to target everything. Manuel: I used default USE flags (no xulrunner) which was probably a mistake on my part — for the short term we’ve pulled the patches until such time as I can fix the clash with xulrunner.

Someone: I haven’t looked at the video yet… I wouldn’t have a clue how they’re constructed at this point. Not everything that runs Linux/MIPS is a viable target for Gentoo/MIPS — and some of these set-top boxes are pretty small in the RAM. If they’re relying on execute-in-place filesystems, then I’d say it’s probably too small for us to support.

Not to say it doesn’t sound like a nice device… but time constraints means it’s next to impossible to target everything.

]]> By: Someone http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/09/01/firefox-301-on-mips/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Someone Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:08:25 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=281#comment-1694 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQbN6tpYXw <- Did you see this? It's about some new Mips based "Nettop" from some company in China. Has been discovered at the IFA(Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin. Seems like a rather slow device, but for 100 US$ in OEM quantities? Hey :-) It's using "XIP-Linux" which made me wonder if they are using the new AXFS to save some Ram? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQbN6tpYXw <- Did you see this? It’s about some new Mips based “Nettop” from some company in China. Has been discovered at the IFA(Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin. Seems like a rather slow device, but for 100 US$ in OEM quantities? Hey :-) It’s using “XIP-Linux” which made me wonder if they are using the new AXFS to save some Ram?

]]> By: Manuel Lauss http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/09/01/firefox-301-on-mips/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Manuel Lauss Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:41:12 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=281#comment-1693 What use flags did you set and what patches did you apply? I tried to build xulrunner-1.9 on my au1200 but it failed to build an apparently bit-rot mips-specific assembler file.. What use flags did you set and what patches did you apply? I tried to build xulrunner-1.9 on my au1200 but it failed to build an apparently bit-rot mips-specific assembler file..

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