Text 6153, 71 rader
Skriven 2006-05-28 18:31:10 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 6151 av Kenneth Parrish (8:8/2)
Ärende: Re: am2   was, ttylinux 64-bit  was, Re: sensors, pnpbios
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Hey Kenneth!

May 27 13:05 06, Kenneth Parrish wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 KP> for possible interest here're a couple of quotes from yesterday's 
 KP> lkml, linux kernel mailing list, available at familynet bbs (the bbs 
 KP> local call for me :):

Sounds great.  I think that is a good thing.

 KP> The only difference between AM2 and Socket 939/940 processors is DDR2 
 KP> memory support.  So initializing the memory controller is a bit 
 KP> different, but the BIOS does that before even looking for a boot 
 KP> loader, so Linux shouldn't even notice the change.

We'll soon enough find out.  Also I heard the am2 socket has potential future
development based around the dual core suckers and their 'extreme' version,
whatever the heck that really is.  Too much money from what I see here no
matter what amd thinks it's usefullness might be.  I am still wondering about
the opterons and why I might want one of those.  So far I haven't been able to
answer that question for myself.  I still believe my dual 933 p3 system can
kick serious butt compile-wise.  :-)

 KP> The only place compatibility issues could show up is if you use the 
 KP> new nForce5 chipset.  The built-in devices might work differently, or 
 KP> might not be recognized, but I doubt nvidia did anything too severe; 
 KP> they probably want generic Microsoft operating systems to work.

They are dreaming.  MS stuff was seriously flawed right out of the Gates.  Did
they (MS) ever get 32-bit right yet (nevermind 64-bit)?

 KP> [ and this reply from another person ]

 KP> If you're thinking about investing in this platform (I personally 
 KP> wouldn't recommend investing in a chipset architecture at launch, but 
 KP> I guess if people have money and time to burn..), just go for it.

It was cheap.  We'll see.  Good ram though and it should work with other
boards.  I still am thinking about other things and have noticed prices coming
down very nicely.  In the meantime this experiment will keep me distracted
until something better presents itself.  As far as my main connected system the
800MHz C3 seems to be chugging along nicely.  It yawns at the so-called high
speed internet connection.  I am confident it will handle the ftp issue nicely
and if not I have a backup system.

 KP> transition from nForce3 S754 to nForce4 S939 was unnoticable, and I 
 KP> suspect (especially for NVIDIA boards) that the transition between 
 KP> S939 and AM2 sockets will be negligible. You might find some hardware 
 KP> doesn't work at launch, but you can help the list fix that up.

Maybe.  Most of it is totally meaningless to me personally but if I find time
or become challenged about it I'd be more then happy to put in my two cents
about any of that stuff.

 KP> it's often http only these days. but perhaps that is for the best.
 KP> :)

That has already been covered for years now.  The mainpage sucks big time but
it works to point to the ttylinux stuff.  I am still uncertain what should be
on the mainpage and I have never been a web person so it is truly minimalized
(to say the least).  From what we've seen ttylinux is the bulk of the traffic
(downloads) so putting up a pure ftp server to back it up is probably a very
prudent move at the moment.  I am thinking it should be production grade by
this Friday (June 2).  I've been testing stuff for quite some time now so I
think it is overdue that someone did something about it.

Life is good,
Maurice

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