list of supported machine types
I've been having a chat with Martin Schulze about the Debian ports page for hppa, and he brings up a good point. There really isn't a good page right now showing which machines are known to work with the latest CD image and which are not. And for those that don't work with the CD installer, which ones can be made to work with a network install and which really just won't work at all?
From my own experience, it would be very helpful to know which systems are supported and how. The hwdb @parisc-linux is not very helpful. They list systems and their owners. Does it run on 720? 735? 715/33 and 715/50? Ok, 715/50 I've seen on the list, but not the others, though, they are listed. I have a couple of HP systems flying around here, *counting* 9, different models, which one will do and which won't?
The closest thing is http://www.parisc-linux.org/release-0.9/systems.html, but it isn't clear whether that list is still correct for 0.9.2?
Bdale
Hi Bdale,
It is just a reminder. In our website, you can see which
hardware will work and with which version. Perhaps, it needs some updates but I try to keep it up to date with the info of the mailing list. Perhaps, it will be an easier job to create a hwdb mailing list and some very kind people could send us a quick mail saying does work with XXX version or X.X.X linux kernel version...
For info, our website is currently: http://mkhppa02.esiee.fr:8000/
On September, http://www.esiee.fr/puffin should work again.
The list lives at http://mkhppa02.esiee.fr:8000/list.html
Regards, Thomas.
ESIEE Team
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I have a couple of HP systems flying around here, *counting* 9, different models, which one will do and which won't?
The closest thing is http://www.parisc-linux.org/release-0.9/systems.html, but it isn't clear whether that list is still correct for 0.9.2?
Bdale
Bdale,
A very good point. We have a cluster of 30x 712/50's running. Although we have taken some unorthodox steps, like running ypbind in debug mode so it doesn't crash, voodoo magic and x-compiled MPICH.
We also have a few 712/33's running, but we mostly gutted them for parts. I'll see if I can rebuild one this week and test on it.
We have a single 712/60 that Byron Sonne gave us (Hi Bryon!) and it ran without any problem. The 712/60 is happily living as Node23 right now :)
Should we attempt to track usable .config's for a given machine type/setup? Navigating the kernel config on the 712/50's is a bit like a minefield... you enable the wrong thing and boom!
Cheers,
Carlos.
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We also have a few 712/33's running, but we mostly gutted them for
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Navigating the kernel config on the 712/50's is a bit like a minefield...
Cheers,
Carlos.
My apologies, 715/33 and 715/50.
Cheers,
Carlos.