Subject: Re: Couple of questions
From: dano (dano@well.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 12:30:13 MST
At 12:25 AM -0800 on 11/25/01, Timothy A. Seufert wrote:
>Please realize that many of the PowerMac specific drivers in the
>true [*] Linux kernel were developed without benefit of
>documentation from the manufacturer. Furthermore, there aren't any
>public errata lists. This *sounds* like a classic example of a Linux
>driver not being robust in the face of an unknown hardware bug.
>
>[*] MkLinux is quite different from the normal Linux kernel, and was
>written by Apple employees with access to internal documentation.
Isn't MkLinux only for NuBus and discontinued?
How related are MkL and YDL? Will the manual for the first have any
crossover value vis a vis the other?
>One way to get reliable networking now is to put in a well supported
>PCI network card. In general, Tulips and many Tulip clones work
>well.
How do we identify tulip cards?
-- "FIND HUNGRY SAMURAI !" - the old wise man in "Seven Samurai"
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