Second Draft of the help for the kernel options
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Hi all,
Once again, I ask you to verify what I wrote and only God knows =
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important it is to re-read this file b/c it is useful and I made it so many mistakes for sure :)
I added the comments of the first draft (Thanks to Grant) and CPU =
type
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help too. I do not really like the lists. If you have any better idea, please let me know.
Thanks, Thomas.
ESIEE TeamPS: I would like to know if I can put the PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO into stable state??
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Processor family
CONFIG_PA7100
In this section, you will find enough informations to set correctly=20 your CPU type option. Nevertheless, if you need more, you can see=20 all the hardware content of your box at http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org.
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If you select the PA7000/PA7100 option, your box must be one of =
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listed below: 705/35, 710/50, 715/33, 715/50, 715/75, 720/50, 725/50,=20=
725/75, 730/66, 735/99, 735/125, 750/66, 755/99.
If you select the PA7200 option, your box must be one of these =
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below: C100, C110, D250, D350, D260, D360, J200, J210, K100, K200,=20 K210, K220, K400, K410, K420.
If you choose the PA7100LC/PA7300LC option then your box is 715/64,=20 715/80, 715/100, 725/100, A180, B132L(+), B160L(+), B180L(+), C160L,=20 C180L, D200, D210, D220, D230, D300, D310, D320 or D330. There are=20 also some systems from the E series but there are not yet supported.
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Finally, PA8x00 is the good choice for all new stuff like A500, B1000, B2000, B2600, C200+, C240+, C3000, C3600, J282, J2240, J5000, J6000,=20 J6700, J7000, K250, K260, K270, K370, K450, K460, K470, K570, L1000,=20 L2000, L3000, N4000, V2200, V2250, V2500.
Since at least two C200+ machines get Trace/Breakpoint trap errors when compiling for PA8x00, I'd suggest a rephrasing or an addition like:
- for a generic kernel, select PA7x00
- if you select PA7000/PA7100, your box must be .... or newer.
- if you're not sure, select PA7x00
etc. 'Must' sounds very sure.
Good luck,
Jurriaan