Does anyone know of any MipsLE/Mips64LE systems in the wild?

MIPS seems to be quite widely supported (about as much as PPC64LE) despite that I'm not able to find anything that uses MIPSLE/MIPS64LE. Are they only supported for QEMU or is there anything that still uses it? Do you know of anything to play around with Linux for MIPSLE/MIPS64LE that isn't emulation?

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harryprayiv@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 1y

IIRC, SixOS is built for MIPS systems and runs quite well on them with lots of VERY futuristic options (the most impressive he calls “ownerboot”).

https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-sixos-a-nix-os-without-systemd

https://codeberg.org/amjoseph/sixos

LorIps@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

And now that I have made the post I got some search results:

  1. Routers apparently still use MIPS
  2. https://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/MIPS-HOWTO-3.html has some MIPS systems you can run Linux on.

If you want to share anything about MIPS though please feel free to comment, I would interest me greatly what the rest of you have to say.

Nomad@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 1y

I think the phones at my university are MIPS. VoIP phones.

pelya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

There were two or three MIPS Android tablets long time ag, at the time of Android 5. Now Android does not have MIPS support anymore.

Lemmchen@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y

Some older routers use MIPS architecture.

twice@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Edgerouters x use MIPS. Compiled some go code for mips to run on it a few years back.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

MIPS is special purpose, unlike something like ARM. You'll find them a lot in carrier-grade comms equipment, electrical, mechanical...etc. They aren't meant for general consumption.