My home lan has a number of RiscPCs on it, together with one old Win98 box, and a few other odds and ends. I have both ISDN and ADSL routers on the LAN, which is mainly Cat5 with a 16 port 10/100 switch.
I would like to configure a server on the network - mainly to act as a file server, but also handling mail and news. Would it be reasonable to use a RPC/StrongARM for this function, running ARMLinux or NetBSD. I realise that the RPC bus is not particularly fast and I should really be thinking in terms of either one of the neat 1U rack-mount units, a PC box with Linux/NetBSD or one of the (Strong)ARM based embedded/prototype boards. However, I do fancy trying to do it with a RPC. Idealy, I would like to use a disc interface which is quicker than the built-in IDE hardware, and a 100bT network interface. Is there/is anyone working on drivers for the APDL Blitz IDE card, or would I have to make do with the slower Arcin card (for which I believe there is a driver), or is there another faster option? I believe that the claims for the Arcin card are that it will achieve more than 4MB/s under RISC OS and the Blitz ~7.5MB/s. Would these figures be matched by the Linux/NetBSD driver. Does anyone intend to make a driver for the forthcoming Castle 100bT network cards (which use the SMSC LAN91C111 controller)? I would be grateful for any advice. -- Peter Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php Please visit the above addresses for information on this list.
