www/121528: MIPS platform page on website out-of-date

Sun Mar 9 15:10:02 UTC 2008

>Number:         121528
>Category:       www
>Synopsis:       MIPS platform page on website out-of-date
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-www
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 09 15:10:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gavin Atkinson
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root at myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

>Description:
	The MIPS platform page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/mips.html
is very out of date, and makes no mention of the recent efforts to port
FreeBSD to the lower end MIPS32 hardware, only mentioning the port to SGI
hardware, which is further away from completion.  I've added a link to the
MIPS wiki page, which is probably a better source of info than the mailing
list, and also updated the layout slightly.
	I haven't added details of who should be contacted about the MIPS32
half of the project, I guess ideally the mailing list should be the first
point of contact.
>How-To-Repeat:
	N/A
>Fix:

--- mips.diff begins here ---
Index: www/en/platforms/mips.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/mips.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 mips.sgml
--- www/en/platforms/mips.sgml	19 Aug 2006 21:20:40 -0000	1.6
+++ www/en/platforms/mips.sgml	9 Mar 2008 14:55:55 -0000
@@ -9,16 +9,28 @@
 <html>
   &header;
 
+  <h3><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h3>
+
   <p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the
-    MIPS.</p>
+    MIPS&reg; platform.  Discussion of the MIPS port takes
+    place on the
+    <a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips">freebsd-mips</a>
+    mailing list.</p>
 
-  <h3>General Information</h3>
+  <h3><a name="toc">Table Of Contents</a></h3>
 
   <ul>
+    <li><a href="#status">Status</a></li>
     <li><a href="#faq">Port FAQs</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/MIPS mailing list</a></li>
   </ul>
 
+  <h3><a name="status">Status</a></h3>
+
+  <p>MIPS is a
+    <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
+    Tier 3</a> architecture, and as such is currently regarded as experimental.
+    It is not supported by the <a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project.</p>
+
   <h3><a name="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h3>
 
   <ol>
@@ -32,20 +44,22 @@
   <h4><a name="1">What is the FreeBSD/MIPS project?</a></h4>
 
   <p>FreeBSD/MIPS is a port of the FreeBSD operating system
-    to computers with MIPS R4K and beyond processors, most notably
-    SGI's MIPS computers.</p>
+    to platforms based around MIPS processors.</p>
 
   <h4><a name="2">What hardware are you targeting?</a></h4>
 
-  <p>At the moment SGI's MIPS computers.  Other MIPS platforms
+  <p>At the moment, several MIPS32 development boards and
+    SGI's MIPS64 computers are being targeted.  Other MIPS platforms
     such as common embedded boards and non-exotic computers in
-    a similar configuration to those offered by SGI are expected
+    a similar configuration are expected
     to be targeted later on.</p>
 
   <h4><a name="3">What is the current status?</a></h4>
 
   <p>FreeBSD/MIPS is in the early stages of development, see the
-    <a href="../projects/mips">project status page</a> for information
+    <a href="../projects/mips">project status page</a> and the
+    <a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/mips"> MIPS wiki page</a>
+    for information
     about currently ongoing work.</p>
 
   <h4><a name="4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/MIPS?</a></h4>
--- mips.diff ends here ---


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