From: tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com
To: FASSINO Jean-Philippe <jeanphilippe.fassino@francetelecom.fr>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: RTAS on PowerMac Newworld
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:38:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <397D7C3E.34DD37FC@vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 397D6A7A.CBF58A52@francetelecom.fr
FASSINO Jean-Philippe wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Just a question about RTAS on PowerMac G4,
> does linux kernel can call RTAS function ?
Hi Jean-Philippe,
You can call RTAS on a PowerMac but I wouldn't do it. From what I understand
Apple doesn't recommend that you make use of RTAS on their hardware.
On RS/6000 hardware you most certainly can use RTAS.
> And if not, why ?
> I'm trying to do it and that fail...
>
> JP
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-07-25 11:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-07-25 10:22 RTAS on PowerMac Newworld FASSINO Jean-Philippe
2000-07-25 11:38 ` tom_gall [this message]
2000-07-25 11:58 ` Donald Cowart
2000-07-25 12:00 ` tom_gall
2000-07-25 12:00 ` FASSINO Jean-Philippe
2000-07-25 12:08 ` FASSINO Jean-Philippe
2000-07-25 13:20 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
[not found] ` <20000725131626.8292@mailhost.mipsys.com>
2000-07-25 13:41 ` FASSINO Jean-Philippe
2000-07-25 14:03 ` Hollis Blanchard
2000-07-25 14:41 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-07-25 14:49 ` FASSINO Jean-Philippe
2000-07-25 18:37 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-07-26 12:25 ` FASSINO Jean-Philippe
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