From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16264829 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:20:37 -0700 (MST) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.14) id 18zebs-0004h8-2J; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:20:36 +0100 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:20:36 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "M. Grabert" Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] RDI Tadpole Precisionbook and Linux/PA-RISC Message-ID: <20030330152036.GC29376@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: 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: On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 09:02:31AM +0100, M. Grabert wrote: > I just wonder whether somebody has experience in running Linux on > a Precisionbook (which is the equivalent to a B-Class machine according I tried to get hold of one from them. They never called me back ;-( > to Tadpole). According to OpenPA.net it contains the following chips: > > LASI ASIC, which features: Same as everything from the 712 to the J2240 ;-) > Dino PCI bus-adaptor Also in everything from the B132 to the J2240 > Visualize EG (Graffiti) graphics with 2MB memory Works in other machines. > 1MB flash memory Don't know how this is hooked up. Might work, give it a try. > Intel 82503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection Presumably we dont actually need a driver for this. > CS4215 or AD1849 programmable CODECs Hooks up to harmony, no worries. > WD37C65C Floppy controller As you say, no floppy support yet. > As far as I can see the only thing that isn't supported on > Linux/PA-RISC right now is the floppy controller. The (IDE-)hard disks > shouldn't be a problem since they are attached to the NCR 53c710 via a > SCSI-IDE adapter. Doesn't it also have a PCMCIA adapter? No-one's tried making those work. > Does anybody know whether it could/should/may/will/does run Linux? Obviously it _should_. But since no-one's tried ... -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk