From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hiscom.nl (unknown [130.78.143.1]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9774829 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 03:48:19 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <02Oct11.120046cest.119067@ns.hiscom.nl> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Beerse=2C_Corn=E9=22?= To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27Martin-=C9ric_Racine=27?= Cc: parisc-linux Subject: RE: [parisc-linux] hardware features of 712-60 ? Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:47:40 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2710B.3D2D40B0" Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2710B.3D2D40B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin-=C9ric Racine [mailto:q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi] > On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, "Beerse, Corn=E9" wrote: >=20 > > > At this point, I apt-got kernel-source-2.4.19-hppa and=20 > > > unpacked it, and already > > > selected the 7100LC/7300LC CPU option. What else? Has=20 > > > anybody compiled a FAQ > > > on parisc-linux that provides .config files optimized for=20 > > > each PA-RISC hardware > > > or, alternately, a checklist of hardware one finds in product=20 > > > xxx, referenced by > > > Linux kernel feature or module name?=20 > >=20 > > Have you checked the hardware database on the website? > > (http://www.parisc-linux.org/) That gives an overview on=20 > what whas in the > > origional box. >=20 > http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org/view.php3?type=3Dmachine&name=3D712%2F60 >=20 > That page could have been written in Chinese, it would have=20 > been equally clear. =20 >=20 > I guess I'm just used to PC hardware, where kernel compiling=20 > simply means "if > you have graphics card XXX select the driver with the same=20 > name". I've yet to Which most times results in a lot of variants for the same card (since manufacturers update hardware without updating the type info) and lots = of names for stuf using the same chipset. I think it is just what you are = used ot. both have their pro-s and con-s.=20 > find that simplicity in HP hardware, probably because=20 > everything is done via > custom chips that combine several functions, and it is not=20 > clear to me which > chip does what, as every line in that page starts with Gecko. I think this Gecko is the name of the development of the machine. I = think (never looked) the terms can be found in the source too (if required). = Its just a little more pronouncable than 9000/712/60... You're working on workstations. If you look at servers (9000/800 range) then it is an = even stranger view at first sight. CBee ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2710B.3D2D40B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [parisc-linux] hardware features of 712-60 ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin-=C9ric Racine [mailto:q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi]<= /FONT>
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, "Beerse, = Corn=E9" wrote:
>
> > > At this point, I apt-got = kernel-source-2.4.19-hppa and
> > > unpacked it, and already
> > > selected the 7100LC/7300LC CPU = option.  What else?  Has
> > > anybody compiled a FAQ
> > > on parisc-linux that provides .config = files optimized for
> > > each PA-RISC hardware
> > > or, alternately, a checklist of = hardware one finds in product
> > > xxx, referenced by
> > > Linux kernel feature or module name? =
> >
> > Have you checked the hardware database on = the website?
> > (http://www.parisc-linux.org/) That gives an = overview on
> what whas in the
> > origional box.
>
> http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org/view.php3?type=3Dmachine&= name=3D712%2F60
>
> That page could have been written in Chinese, = it would have
> been equally clear. 
>
> I guess I'm just used to PC hardware, where = kernel compiling
> simply means "if
> you have graphics card XXX select the driver = with the same
> name". I've yet to

Which most times results in a lot of variants for the = same card (since manufacturers update hardware without updating the = type info) and lots of names for stuf using the same chipset. I think = it is just what you are used ot. both have their pro-s and con-s. =

> find that simplicity in HP hardware, probably = because
> everything is done via
> custom chips that combine several functions, = and it is not
> clear to me which
> chip does what, as every line in that page = starts with Gecko.

I think this Gecko is the name of the development of = the machine. I think (never looked) the terms can be found in the = source too (if required). Its just a little more pronouncable than = 9000/712/60... You're working on workstations. If you look at servers = (9000/800 range) then it is an even stranger view at first = sight.




CBee

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