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From: "Jurriaan Kalkman" <Jurriaan.Kalkman@zrt.nl>
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Subject: Betr.: [parisc-linux] C240: Graphics, 64bit kernel and more
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>Hello,
>
>I'm going to buy a C240 (I already have a 730 (not here) and had a F10).
>It has 512MB and FX/2 24bit graphics. I think it's rather good supported
>by parisc-linux, am I right ?

yup.

>
>Before I actually buy the computer, I wanted to know whether STI
>and/or the framebuffer for a 64bit kernel is working.

sti is just working, IIRC

>
>Moreover I've read that UW-SCSI is not working yet.
>So is it working in FAST-SCSI (narrow) mode ?

there's nothing wrong with the UW-SCSI to my knowledge.

>
>Are you aware of any other gcc/binutils bugs or should
>gcc/binutils NOW create proper executables for pa2.0 and
>pa1.1 (including the old CPUs like 730's PCX-S CPU) ?

There are still bugs.

>
>does produce gcc rather good optimized code for parisc
>(compared to HP's cc, is there a significant performance difference) ?

in general, comparing gcc to a manufacturers compiler; there is
such a difference.

>
>I can imagine that the Linux/HPPA kernel is not very optimized yet
>(can't compare the speed on my 730 with HP/UX since I don't
>have the OS software anymore ...). Is the speed difference just a
>few percent or can you 'feel' it (mhh, fuzzy question) ?
>
I can only say that compiling a kernel on my C200 takes about 2 times
as long as on my alpha (21164, 500 Mhz, 2 Mb cache). I feel it should
be faster.

Good luck,
Jurriaan