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 summer 2005 and, after a lot of tedious bugfixing, was eventually  summer 2005 and, after a lot of tedious bugfixing, was eventually
 completed shortly after the 4.2 release in november 2007.  completed shortly after the 4.2 release in november 2007.
   
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   The next step was getting the 88110-based MVME197 designs to work.
   Single-processor kernels started to run reliably in december 2007.
   
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 <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
   
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 Currently, only the MVME187 and MVME188 boards, as well as similar  Currently, MVME187, MVME188 and MVME197 boards, as well as similar
 designs, are booting multi-user, supporting most of the on-board devices.  designs, are booting multi-user, supporting most of the on-board devices.
 There are still a few caveats; depending on your exact hardware setup,  There are still a few caveats; depending on your exact hardware setup,
 your mileage may vary.  your mileage may vary.
 Work is on progress to fix the remaining problems and reliably support more  Work is on progress to fix the remaining problems.
 boards.  
   
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 <ul>  <ul>
   <li>MVME197 support.    <li>Complete 88110 floating-point support.
     <li>MVME197DP multi-processor support.
   <li>Work on unsupported device cards (MVME327, MVME374...).    <li>Work on unsupported device cards (MVME327, MVME374...).
   <li>Write code for new binutils (and gdb), switch to ELF and, later,    <li>Write code for new binutils (and gdb), switch to ELF and, later,
       shared libraries.        shared libraries.
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 All HYPERmodules combinations are supported, but M88200 1P128 and 1P512 have  All HYPERmodules combinations are supported, but M88200 1P128 and 1P512 have
 not been tested.<br>  not been tested.<br>
 External cards specific to the MVME188 family provide memory and serial ports.  External cards specific to the MVME188 family provide memory and serial ports.
   <br>
   Multi-processor kernels are supported on these boards in <tt>-CURRENT</tt>.
   <li><strong>MVME197LE</strong><br>
   An entry-level design similar to the MVME187, but based on the 88110 processor
   with integrated MMU and cache controller.<br>
   These boards are supported in <tt>-CURRENT</tt>.
   <li><strong>MVME197SP and MVME197DP</strong><br>
   Improved versions of the MVME197LE, with one (SP) or two (DP) 88110 processors,
   and one 88410 external cache controller per processor.<br>
   These boards are supported in <tt>-CURRENT</tt> with single-processor
   kernels only so far.
 </ul>  </ul>
   
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 <ul>  <ul>
 <li><strong>MVME187</strong>  <li><strong>MVME187 and MVME197</strong>
   <ul>    <ul>
   <li>Cirrus Logic CL2400 serial ports (tty00-tty03/tty07<i>[M8120]</i>) (cl)    <li>Cirrus Logic CL2400 serial ports (tty00-tty03/tty07<i>[M8120]</i>) (cl)
   <li>Intel 82596CA Ethernet interface    <li>Intel 82596CA Ethernet interface
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 These boards are currently not supported. However, code for some of them exists  These boards are currently not supported. There is nothing, apart from lack
 in the tree, and is currently being debugged.  of availabile hardware, preventing them from being supported eventually.
 <ul>  <ul>
 <li><strong>MVME180 <i>``Angelfire''</i> and MVME181</strong><br>  <li><strong>MVME180 <i>``Angelfire''</i> and MVME181</strong><br>
 A low-cost, entry level board, featuring a single 88100 processor, two 88200  A low-cost, entry level board, featuring a single 88100 processor, two 88200
 CMMUs and two on-board serial ports.  CMMUs and two on-board serial ports.
 <li><strong>MVME197LE</strong><br>  
 An entry-level design similar to the MVME187, but based on the 88110 processor  
 with integrated MMU and cache controller.  
 <li><strong>MVME197SP and MVME197DP</strong><br>  
 Improved versions of the MVME197LE, with one (SP) or two (DP) 88110 processors,  
 and one 88410 external cache controller per processor.  
 </ul>  </ul>
   
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