From: "Richard Hendricks" <ra6353@email.sps.mot.com>
To: Alan Mimms <alanm@unforgettable.com>
Cc: Geir Frode Raanes <geirfrs@invalid.ed.ntnu.no>,
linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: What is the catch with IDMA on MPC860?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:11:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38D29F6F.4B425B09@email.sps.mot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20000317.17233800@alanm.penguinpowered.com
Alan Mimms wrote:
>
> Regarding the "where does the manual say that the performance stinks"
> comment: even though people like Richard are VERY forthcoming with
> "issues" with chips (THANKS Richard), I doubt a company like MOT will
> EVER admit in a manual or other official document they built something
> that stinks even a little bit. See the MPC801 for an example of this
> where virtually EVERYTHING about the chip stinks (including the crappy
> inaccurate manual) and nothing is ever said in written form to that
> effect. (For those unused to my cynical style, I love MOT and my
> company has even made a bunch of money selling devices built on the
> MPC801. But they are NOT perfect - as I'm sure Richard and numerous
> will attest - and they will rarely admit it in writing.)
I think this issue is covered quite well in the boilerplate at the
beginning of the MPC823 manual.
"Motorola makes no warranty, representation or guarantee regarding
the suitability of its products for any particular purpose..."
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-03-17 21:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <38D2530F.3417D5BA@email.sps.mot.com>
2000-03-17 16:22 ` Best embedded PPC eval board for Linux Tom Shaver
2000-03-17 18:05 ` Jo-Ellen F. Mathews
2000-03-17 17:02 ` What is the catch with IDMA on MPC860? Geir Frode Raanes
2000-03-17 17:23 ` Alan Mimms
2000-03-17 17:50 ` Dan Malek
2000-03-17 21:20 ` Richard Hendricks
2000-03-17 21:46 ` Dan Malek
2000-03-17 21:11 ` Richard Hendricks [this message]
2000-03-17 21:35 ` Alan Mimms
2000-03-17 21:09 ` Richard Hendricks
2000-03-20 10:11 ` Geir Frode Raanes
2000-03-22 16:49 ` Richard Hendricks
2000-03-22 22:59 ` Noah Misch
2000-03-23 2:34 ` Graham Stoney
2000-03-23 13:30 ` Claude Robitaille
2000-03-23 22:49 ` Richard Hendricks
2000-03-17 12:18 Geir Frode Raanes
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