From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3BC716D2.6020902@humboldt.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:14:10 +0100 From: Adrian Cox MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Porter Cc: mod+linuxppc-dev@mclx.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: PPC+southbridge designs References: <200110121337.JAA21171@missioncriticallinux.com> <20011012050917.A15738@cx258813-a.chnd1.az.home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Matt Porter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 09:37:27AM -0400, mod+linuxppc-dev@mclx.com wrote: >>How many existing PPC-based machines incorporate one >>of those kitchen-sink southbridge chips like the VIA >>VT82C686B that are normally found in x86-based machines? > A lot of them. Hardware developers for high-end PPC embedded designs > like them as a way to get UARTs, PIC, and IDE in one dirt-cheap package. > Software developers hate them because they are evil. Once they've used them once, the hardware engineers think they're evil as well. But I did get a 7410 system with a Via 686a up and running the 2.4-devel kernel. I think all the necessary fixes have percolated into the main tree, except for one MIDI fix which is only in Alan Cox's kernel. -- Adrian Cox http://www.humboldt.co.uk/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/