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OpenBSD on SGI: a rollercoaster story

Interest in supporting the MIPS architecture in BSD is about as old as the architecture itself, and Risc/OS (the Unix variant running on MIPS' own workstations, before MIPS got bought by SGI and stopped manufacturing anything but processors) was based upon BSD code; so was Ultrix, Digital's first flavour of Unix, which ran on VAX but also on its MIPS-based DECstations.

While there is a lot to tell on OpenBSD on SGI hardware alone, I think it is better to see a larger picture. This story is quite long, and has been split into six installments.

  1. A missed opportunity, 1988-1998
  2. Individual efforts, 2000-2004
  3. The blowfish awakens, 2004-2006
  4. Tinkering on big iron, 2007-2008
  5. Hardware galore, 2009
  6. The last challenges, 2010-2021

You can also read it all in one (big) page.