Re: [gentoo-embedded] MIPS32 little-endian softfloat Gentoo rootfs update Nov 2014

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On 11/19/14 02:41, Manuel Lauss wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've again uploaded another snapshot of a little-endian softfloat MIPS32 rootfs
> I maintain for a few of my MIPS toys.
>
> It's a complete gentoo installation, with toolchain and a few lightweight
> desktop environments as well as some networking tools.
>
> See the readme at [1] for more information. (In short: updated toolchain
> to latest git heads, including llvm, and updated all packages to portage
> snapshot from 2014-11-16).
>
> Grab the tarball at [2], and if you're curious, file and individual
> package listingsare at [3] and [4].  Binary packages are at [5], drop
> them at the root of
> the filesystem.
>
>
> [1] http://mlau.at/files/mips32-linux/README.txt
> [2] http://mlau.at/files/mips32-linux/mips32elsf-gentoo-rootfs-141117.tar.xz
> [3] http://mlau.at/files/mips32-linux/mips32elsf-gentoo-rootfs-141117.CONTENTS
> [4] http://mlau.at/files/mips32-linux/mips32elsf-gentoo-packages-141117.CONTENTS
> [5] http://mlau.at/files/mips32-linux/mips32elsf-gentoo-packages-141117.tar
>
> Happy hacking,
>          Manuel Lauss

This sounds interesting. Has anyone run the gentoo mips32 on a Microchip 
mips 32?

[1] http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/family/32bit/


If so, I'd like to hear your experiences.

If not, what would the minimum amount of ram be required (suggested) run
run the gentoo embedded mips code on a 32 bit Microchip mips processors?

curiously,
James