Linux-Hardware Digest #431, Volume #12 Wed, 8 Mar 00 12:13:10 EST
Contents:
ABIT BE6-II, HPT366 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cyrix and Linux
Re: SB Live Value (jigga)
Re: 4 Celeron motherboard? (David C.)
http://www.schoolbox.nl ("Schaapie")
Re: SMP how to benchmark them ("Gregory M. Hebel")
Re: Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem (Jason Breitweiser)
Re: IDE2 IRQ problem on MB ABIT BP6 (Hal Burgiss)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ABIT BE6-II, HPT366
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:20:58 GMT
Hi,
i have tried compile kernel with HPT366 support,
it looks like device is
recognised bat booting stops at same place
i tried 2.3.50, 2.2.15-10 with Hedrick patch
i looked at /proc/pci:
d800,dc00,e000 IRQ 11
e400,e800,ec00 IRQ 11
i tried to boot with these parameters: linux
ide2=d800,dc00,11 ide3=e400,e800,11
If you have any guess i would be glad because i
have no idea
hardware:
Abit BE6 rev.II i440,ATX,slot1/150,ATA66
Quantum FIREBAL LP KX13.6 (UATA66)
boot:
HPT366: onboard version of chipset, pin1=1 pin2=2
HPT366: IDE controler on PCI bus 00 dev 98
HPT366: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs
later
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings:
hde: DMA, hdf:pio
HPT366: IDE controler on PCI bus 00 dev 99
HPT366: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs
later
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xec00-0xec07, BIOS settings:
hdg: pio, hdh:pio
hde: QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX13.6, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide2 at 0xd800-0xd807, 0xdc02 on irq 11
.config
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
# CONFIG_MTRR is not set
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
# CONFIG_PCI_NAMES is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_PM is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_1284 is not set
#
# Plug and Play configuration
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
# CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info
on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
#
# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_EXPERIMENTAL=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC6210 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
#
# Additional Block Devices
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
#
#
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set
# CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support
multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set
#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PROC is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
# CONFIG_EL3 is not set
# CONFIG_3C515 is not set
CONFIG_VORTEX=y
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
#
# Token Ring driver support
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set
#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_PPDEV is not set
#
# I2C support
#
# CONFIG_I2C is not set
#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
#
# Joysticks
#
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_EFI_RTC is not set
#
# Video For Linux
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_AGP is not set
#
# USB support
#
# CONFIG_USB is not set
#
# Misc devices
#
#
# File systems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
# CONFIG_JOLIET is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD is not set
# CONFIG_SUNRPC is not set
# CONFIG_LOCKD is not set
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=y
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
#
# Frame-buffer support
#
# CONFIG_FB is not set
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=y
# CONFIG_SOUND_DMAP is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_SB=y
CONFIG_SB_BASE=220
CONFIG_SB_IRQ=7
CONFIG_SB_DMA=1
CONFIG_SB_DMA2=5
CONFIG_SB_MPU_BASE=330
#
# MPU401 IRQ is only required with Jazz16, SM
Wave and ESS1688.
#
#
# Enter -1 to the following question if you have
something else such as SB16/32.
#
CONFIG_SB_MPU_IRQ=-1
# CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set
#
# Additional low level sound drivers
#
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cyrix and Linux
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:30:17 GMT
I want to know if there are any comflicts with a Cyrix CPU and Linux. God
know it conflicts with almost anything else. :)
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From: jigga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live Value
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:30:16 GMT
> > Well I downloaded the drivers and isntalled them and I still get no
sound
> > from my Cd player. Does anybody know if these drivers have support
for the
> > digital din?
> >
>
> I have my DVD-ROM hooked up to my Live via the digital input. Works
fine. Are you sure that your CD-ROM's didgital out actually works? Some
CD-ROMs were shipped with bogus digital outs.
>
> --
> Jim Zubb
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I have a dual boot with win98 and it works just fine in that OS. It
doesn't make too much sense to me. The CD player in Linux can read the CD
and starts to play it but no sound comes out.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: 4 Celeron motherboard?
Date: 08 Mar 2000 11:34:51 -0500
Rolf Magnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David C. schrieb in Nachricht ...
>>>
>>> Perhaps a 4xXeon or something. But I don't exactly know if the
>>> P-III-Xeons also support more than 2 CPUs.
>>
>> The Xeon supports up to 8 CPUs, if the motherboard has support for it.
>
> Well, but AFAIK, the P-III-Xeon (not the original P-II-Xeon) does only
> support 2 CPUs.
I suggest you look at Dell and Compaq. They're shipping 8-way P3/Xeon
systems.
-- David
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From: "Schaapie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: http://www.schoolbox.nl
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:35:32 +0100
http://www.schoolbox.nl
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From: "Gregory M. Hebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP how to benchmark them
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:35:52 GMT
gongtow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can only wrote shell script. What can I do now?
Try comparing kernel compilation times, for one. You
should already be running an SMP kernel on the SMP machine,
of course. The make command accepts the "-j" flag, which
will basically split up the compilation into multiple
processes ("make -j 2 bzImage" will compile in two processes
and so on). Compile a kernel with the same settings on
each machine multiple times, each time incrementing the
value you pass to the "-j" flag and time how long each machine
takes to compile.
Another way is to install one of those ray-tracing/rendering
applications like POV-Ray or Blender and compare the two machines
just like the way I explained above.
There are a handful of benchmarking tools and tips available
out there. Just fire up a search engine.
Greg
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From: Jason Breitweiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:30:31 GMT
What video card to you have. And the rest of your system for that
metter.
Jason
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I am brand new to Linux, running Redhat LInux 5.2, and although I
have
> > a bit of experience with Windows, I am at a loss with Linux.
> > The problem happens when I try to run a program called "x windows"
my
> > monitor will not display the gui correctly, it is real fuzzy, with
> > lines on the screen.(..)
>
> You should run one of the configuration programs for X, i.e. XF86Setup
> or xf86config.
>
> MST
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: IDE2 IRQ problem on MB ABIT BP6
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:00:26 GMT
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 04:21:34 +0100, andrej antusek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have dual celeron with MB ABIT BP6 and instaled RedHat6.0.
>Kernel (2.2.5-15smp) has problem to inicialize IDE2 during
>booting. This is part of dmesg file:
>
>PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
>PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
>hda: IBM-DPTA-372050, ATA DISK drive
>hdc: IRQ probe failed (0)
>hdc: IRQ probe failed (0)
>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>hda: IBM-DPTA-372050, 19574MB w/1961kB Cache, CHS=2495/255/63
>
>As IDE2/Master I have conected CDROM. This configuration works
>without any problems under win98 where IDE1 controler has IRQ14 and
>IDE2 controler has IRQ15.
>Can anybody help how to solve this problem?
I have the same board and have to use 'hdc=cdrom' in lilo.conf to get it
to recognize. I have no idea why, just a plain jane ATAPI. It worked
fine with previous board. You can test this at the lilo prompt:
linux hdc=cdrom
You might play with the jumpers on the drive too.
--
Hal B
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:06:09 GMT
Dean_Kent wrote in message ...
>Ron Reaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:Scnx4.851$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> Dean_Kent wrote in message <#41yLVMi$GA.96@cpmsnbbsa02>...
>>
>> -snip
>>
>> >When you consider that almost 50% of all Pentium II/III motherboards
>> shipped
>> >today to OEMs are VIA Apollo Pro based, it should tell you something...
>>
>>
>> Cite a source for that figure. It's wrong.
>
>You sound awfully certain about that...
>
>Motherboard manufacturers.... I have spoken to all but two of the top 10
>motherboard manufacturers - every one has said that 40% to 70% of all
>Pentium III boards they've sold are VIA based. Couple that with VIA's
>claims of 3.5 million to 4 million chipsets shipped per month, with a
global
>PC market of about 120 million/year and *you* do the math...
(4 x 12)/120 * 100 = 40% max..you said "that almost 50% of all Pentium
II/III motherboards shipped today to OEMs are VIA Apollo Pro based" So
that's an exaggeration for starter and the figures above is high. At best
1/3 are VIA as your figures tend to support.
>> VIA still has busmastering EIDE driver problems.
>
>I've tested them on several boards, and haven't seen a problem.
>
>Please give the details of exactly what kind of problems you are talking
>about
Anyone can go to www.deja.com and do a USENET power search on all: via
busmaster problem, Feb 20 2000, 100 per page. There are 75 returns.
Start reading.
Do a USENET power search on all: intel busmaster problem, Feb 20 2000, 100
per page. There are 34 returns. Considering that Intel outsells VIA
~2:1........
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:07:43 GMT
This guy sells VIA and is....blind.
John Howland wrote in message ...
> Dean - Ignore Ron, he has only opinions (which most are based on either
post of others or reviews
>by sites) & no data to back then up...
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:08:49 GMT
John Howland wrote in message ...
> No, the Coppermine L2 cache runs at full CPU MHz...
Site a source for that unsubstantiated claim.
>Sebastian Kaliszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message
>news:8a5f8t$7n7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Dean_Kent wrote in message <#41yLVMi$GA.96@cpmsnbbsa02>...
>> [snip]
>> >The Coppermine processors have a 256K full speed L2 cache that is
'wider'
>> >than the Klamath processors 512K 1/2 speed cache. It has a higher
initial
>> >latency, but better overall throughput. Net result is that the Cu
>> >processors are faster. FSB is the same (memory to CPU), it is the
cache
>> >speed that is different (BSB).
>>
>>
>> Err, small correction. Coppermine has half speed cache as well (look at
the
>> burst scheme: X-0-2-0), but with 256bit bus and has much lower (not
higher)
>> latency (about factor of 4, Cumine L2 latency is ~8 cycles, while Katmai
L2
>> latency is over 20 cycles).
>>
>> Regards
>> Sebastian Kaliszewski
>> --
>> "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - from Notebooks of
L.L.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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