MIPS Atlas board

MIPS Atlas board

[Ralf Baechle]

Anybody actually still using the MIPS Atlas board?  If so, what kernel
versions?  I've not had any feedback about the Atlas in many moons, so
I'm considering to drop support for it for 2.5.  Comment?

  Ralf

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Muthukumar Ratty]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> Anybody actually still using the MIPS Atlas board?  If so, what kernel
> versions?  I've not had any feedback about the Atlas in many moons, so
> I'm considering to drop support for it for 2.5.  Comment?

Oh no, I am using Atlas board with 2.4 kernel and I know few others also
using it (guess they dont care anymore :( .  If its not a time killer
could you please add it to 2.5 also.

BTW I was running network performance tools and the max I could read from
Atlas board is ~0.3M. Is this a problem with the hardware?

Thanks a lot,
Muthu.


>
>   Ralf
>

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Muthukumar Ratty]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> Anybody actually still using the MIPS Atlas board?  If so, what kernel
> versions?  I've not had any feedback about the Atlas in many moons, so
> I'm considering to drop support for it for 2.5.  Comment?

Oh no, I am using Atlas board with 2.4 kernel and I know few others also
using it (guess they dont care anymore :( .  If its not a time killer
could you please add it to 2.5 also.

BTW I was running network performance tools and the max I could read from
Atlas board is ~0.3M. Is this a problem with the hardware?

Thanks a lot,
Muthu.


>
>   Ralf
>

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Ralf Baechle]

On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 11:09:00AM -0700, Muthukumar Ratty wrote:

> > Anybody actually still using the MIPS Atlas board?  If so, what kernel
> > versions?  I've not had any feedback about the Atlas in many moons, so
> > I'm considering to drop support for it for 2.5.  Comment?
> 
> Oh no, I am using Atlas board with 2.4 kernel and I know few others also
> using it (guess they dont care anymore :( .  If its not a time killer
> could you please add it to 2.5 also.

Ok.  Consider my posting simply a poll, nothing more.

> BTW I was running network performance tools and the max I could read from
> Atlas board is ~0.3M. Is this a problem with the hardware?

Hard to say without any kind of closer analysis.  The number certainly
seems to be too low.  What network benchmark did you run, what processor
and clock rate does your Atlas have?

  Ralf

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Muthukumar Ratty]

Thanks kevin, I will use the PCI slot then.

>
> If you're using the on-board multi-I/O wonder chip
> (serial, ethernet, etc) there are some serious problems
> with it that limit both the serial line and ethernet
> performance.  It's good for downloading, and
> that's about it.  Most of us at MIPS put an AMD
> PCnet card in the PCI slot to make the system
> usable for NFS, FTP, etc.
>
>             Regards,
>
>             Kevin K.
>

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Muthukumar Ratty]

Thanks kevin, I will use the PCI slot then.

>
> If you're using the on-board multi-I/O wonder chip
> (serial, ethernet, etc) there are some serious problems
> with it that limit both the serial line and ethernet
> performance.  It's good for downloading, and
> that's about it.  Most of us at MIPS put an AMD
> PCnet card in the PCI slot to make the system
> usable for NFS, FTP, etc.
>
>             Regards,
>
>             Kevin K.
>

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Hartvig Ekner]

Ralf Baechle writes:
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 11:09:00AM -0700, Muthukumar Ratty wrote:

> > BTW I was running network performance tools and the max I could read from
> > Atlas board is ~0.3M. Is this a problem with the hardware?
> 
> Hard to say without any kind of closer analysis.  The number certainly
> seems to be too low.  What network benchmark did you run, what processor
> and clock rate does your Atlas have?

There are known issues with the ethernet controller in the Philips 9730
device. For network-intensive applications, use a plug-in card.

/Hartvig

Re: MIPS Atlas board

[Hartvig Ekner]

Ralf Baechle writes:
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 11:09:00AM -0700, Muthukumar Ratty wrote:

> > BTW I was running network performance tools and the max I could read from
> > Atlas board is ~0.3M. Is this a problem with the hardware?
> 
> Hard to say without any kind of closer analysis.  The number certainly
> seems to be too low.  What network benchmark did you run, what processor
> and clock rate does your Atlas have?

There are known issues with the ethernet controller in the Philips 9730
device. For network-intensive applications, use a plug-in card.

/Hartvig