From: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
To: Dominik Kubla <kubla@sciobyte.de>
Cc: Sven.Riedel@tu-clausthal.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux and RS/6000 250
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:33:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011125213316.J7455@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011125024652.B26191@moog.heim1.tu-clausthal.de> <Pine.NEB.4.33.0111251427280.1488-100000@www2.scram.de> <20011125144038.C5506@duron.intern.kubla.de> <20011125174742.A5789@moog.heim1.tu-clausthal.de> <20011125181051.D5506@duron.intern.kubla.de>
In-Reply-To: <20011125181051.D5506@duron.intern.kubla.de>; from kubla@sciobyte.de on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 06:10:51PM +0100
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 06:10:51PM +0100, Dominik Kubla wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:47:42PM +0100, Sven.Riedel@tu-clausthal.de wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:40:38PM +0100, Dominik Kubla wrote:
> > > Add a 350 from me. But the problem is not just the PPC/MCA combination,
> > > but also the CPU. It's Power, not PowerPC!
> >
> > Really? The IBM website says the following:
> >
> > <quote>
> > The IBM* RS/6000 Model 250 is flexible and powerful, and performs well
> > as either a graphics workstation or a server. Driven by a 66MHz PowerPC
> > 601* microprocessor,[...]
> > </quote>
> ...
> > Marketing strikes again, eh? :/
>
> No, i screwed up. The 250 and the 43P user PowerPC...
The 7011-250 uses a PowerPC 601, which may or may not be happy with
arch/ppc. The 7248 (PReP-based 43P) uses a PowerPC 604 and should run
fine. The 7043 (CHRP-based 43P) uses a PowerPC 604e and should also run
fine.
Joel
--
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In shades of mediocrity.
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I need someone to comfort me."
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-25 21:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-25 1:46 Linux and RS/6000 250 Sven.Riedel
2001-11-25 9:55 ` David Weinehall
2001-11-25 10:29 ` Alexandre Dulaunoy
2001-11-25 13:28 ` Jochen Friedrich
2001-11-25 13:40 ` Dominik Kubla
2001-11-25 16:47 ` Sven.Riedel
2001-11-25 17:02 ` Charles Marslett
2001-11-25 17:10 ` Dominik Kubla
2001-11-25 21:33 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2001-11-25 22:14 ` Paul Mackerras
2001-11-26 0:40 ` Joel Becker
2001-11-26 0:50 ` David Weinehall
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