Betr.: [parisc-linux] C240: Graphics, 64bit kernel and more
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Hello,
I'm going to buy a C240 (I already have a 730 (not here) and had a F10). It has 512MB and FX/2 24bit graphics. I think it's rather good supported by parisc-linux, am I right ?
yup.
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Before I actually buy the computer, I wanted to know whether STI and/or the framebuffer for a 64bit kernel is working.
sti is just working, IIRC
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Moreover I've read that UW-SCSI is not working yet. So is it working in FAST-SCSI (narrow) mode ?
there's nothing wrong with the UW-SCSI to my knowledge.
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Are you aware of any other gcc/binutils bugs or should gcc/binutils NOW create proper executables for pa2.0 and pa1.1 (including the old CPUs like 730's PCX-S CPU) ?
There are still bugs.
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does produce gcc rather good optimized code for parisc (compared to HP's cc, is there a significant performance difference) ?
in general, comparing gcc to a manufacturers compiler; there is such a difference.
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I can imagine that the Linux/HPPA kernel is not very optimized yet (can't compare the speed on my 730 with HP/UX since I don't have the OS software anymore ...). Is the speed difference just a few percent or can you 'feel' it (mhh, fuzzy question) ?
I can only say that compiling a kernel on my C200 takes about 2 times as long as on my alpha (21164, 500 Mhz, 2 Mb cache). I feel it should be faster.
Good luck,
Jurriaan