Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-13 Thread L. K.
> > i386, i486 > The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older > processors should go so we can focus on optimizations for the pentium and > better processors. a lot of people use linux on old machine in networking environmens as routers/firewalls. > > math-emu > I

3C905B -- EEPROM (i blive so) problem

2001-06-13 Thread L. K.
Hi, I have a 3COM 3C905B ethernet card that has been hit by a power outage for aprox. 0.5 sec. Now, the kernel does not recongnize the card anymore. When I do lspci, I see 3COM Ethernet controller, type unknown 0xff (rev 3x). The bios reports the card as an ethernet card at system boot-up.

Re: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-09 Thread L. K.
On 8 Jun 2001, Bill Pringlemeir wrote: > > > "MHW" == Michael H Warfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > MHW> Yes, bits are free, sort of... That's why an extra decimal > MHW> place is "ok". Keeping precision within an order of magnitude > MHW> of accuracy is within the

RE: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-09 Thread L. K.
> > From: L. K. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I really do not belive that for a CPU or a motherboard +- 1 > > degree would make any difference. > > You haven't pushed your system, or run it in a hostile > environment then. There are many places where systems a

Re: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-08 Thread L. K.
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Michael H. Warfiel writes: > > > We don't have sensors that are accurate to 1/10 of a K and certainly not > > to 1/100 of a K. Knowing the CPU temperature "precise" to .01 K when > > the accuracy of the best sensor we are likely to see is no bett

Re: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-08 Thread L. K.
> > Are you really sure about this ? > > I am. I made Abitur (german degree after 13yrs of school) > with physics being an important course, and there can not > be any temperature less than 0 K (or -273.15°C if you want). > This is because temperature is nothing but the movement of > pieces of ma

Re: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-07 Thread L. K.
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Negative temperatures do not really exist. > Are you really sure about this ? > > > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http:

Re: temperature standard - global config option?

2001-06-07 Thread L. K.
Why not make it in Celsius ? Is more easy to read it this way. On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Philips wrote: > Hello All! > > Kelvins good idea in general - it is always positive ;-) > > 0.01*K fits in 16 bits and gives reasonable range. > > but may be something like K<<6 could be a