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  <h3>Introduction</h3>

  <p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the
    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>Table Of Contents</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>
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  <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>
    <li><a href="#1">What is the FreeBSD/MIPS project?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#2">What hardware are you targeting?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#3">What is the current status?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/MIPS?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#5">Who should I contact?</a></li>
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  <h4><a name="1">What is the FreeBSD/MIPS project?</a></h4>

  <p>FreeBSD/MIPS is a port of the FreeBSD operating system
    to platforms based around MIPS processors.</p>

  <h4><a name="2">What hardware are you targeting?</a></h4>

  <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 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="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>

  <p>FreeBSD/MIPS is being developed in FreeBSD's Perforce repository
    but diffs will be occasionally posted to <a href="#list">the mailing
    list</a>.</p>

  <h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4>

  <p><a href="mailto:jmallett@FreeBSD.org">Juli Mallett</a> is the project lead.
    Contact her if you can contribute code.  If you just want
    to know about the status of this project, check this page
    regularly or
    join the <a href="#list">FreeBSD/MIPS mailing list</a>.</p>

  <h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/MIPS mailing list</a></h3>

  <p>To subscribe to this list, send an email to <tt class="
    EMAIL">&#60;<a href="mailto:freebsd-mips-subscribe@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-mips-subscribe@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;</tt>
    or visit the <a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips">mailman interface</a>.</p>

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