> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin-Éric Racine [mailto:q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi]
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, "Beerse, Corné" 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=machine&name=712%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