(I have no idea what all this has to do with XFree86, but...well, XFree86 is probably going to need patches to suspend/resume the display properly, but I digress from the digression...)
I just wanted to say we're working on the various lockup issues...but people need to *not* give up and walk away from ACPI, but work with the people on acpi-devel to get things fixed! Squeaky wheel and all that. I guess we're like every other project on sourceforge - in chronic need of more contributors.
"uh hi, can I pay for my ISP service in advance?" "Of course" "Great. I'd like to prepay for 10,000 years in advance" (stunned silence) "Uh...hello? I have a coupon..."
Just wanted to mention that the ACPI support in Linux 2.4.17 is a few months old. We are making progress *weekly*, and the latest patches are available at sf.net/projects/acpi . Bad BIOSes will always be a problem, and there's not much we can do about that, but help is still needed in stabilizing the Linux ACPI code (the core of which is also being used on *BSD).
The RIAA screams every time their revenue drops that piracy is to blame. HOWEVER, note that the Grammy ratings were the lowest in 7 years. What that says to me is that this just wasn't that interesting of a year, musically. I think the music cartel needs to look at itself as to why sales are slipping (only down to 1998 levels!) The US Govt. didn't protect the buggy whip manufacturers, and shouldn't do anything similar for the RIAA.
...because this is the first question everyone asks as soon as they find out Intel's compiler works on Linux.;-)
I'm not surprised the compiler helped Crusoe. GCC is a remarkable achievement in portability, but architecture-tailored compilers (MSVC, ICC) do better both in terms of code size and speed - like 30% better. But if you're going to PAY for your compiler, it better not be beaten by a free alternative.
I hope we see distros using icc, and I also hope it spurs further development in GCC.
Yeah I haven't had any luck either. Directing all UDP traffic on a given port to a host behind the firewall doesn't seem possible. I'd love it if someone would prove me wrong. I'm using ipchains - couldn't get iptables to work on RH 7.1.
I would NOT mess around with the CPU on a laptop you care about at all. The guy talks about replacing a mobile Celeron with a mobile P3 - ummm..they're most likely different voltage parts. They most likely have different bus speeds. They need different BIOSs (SpeedStep needs BIOS support.) The laptop may only have been designed to handle a CPU of a certain power dissipation.
...and, upgrading the mem and HD will result in a bigger performance boost anyways.;-)
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There was also an interview with the inventor of this gadget on the All Things Considered radio program last night. I want one :)
(I have no idea what all this has to do with XFree86, but...well, XFree86 is probably going to need patches to suspend/resume the display properly, but I digress from the digression...)
I just wanted to say we're working on the various lockup issues...but people need to *not* give up and walk away from ACPI, but work with the people on acpi-devel to get things fixed! Squeaky wheel and all that. I guess we're like every other project on sourceforge - in chronic need of more contributors.
website?
"uh hi, can I pay for my ISP service in advance?"
"Of course"
"Great. I'd like to prepay for 10,000 years in advance"
(stunned silence)
"Uh...hello? I have a coupon..."
5.0-CURRENT supports ACPI IRQ allocation, I believe. Is this just a 4.x issue or what?
-- Andy
Just wanted to mention that the ACPI support in Linux 2.4.17 is a few months old. We are making progress *weekly*, and the latest patches are available at sf.net/projects/acpi . Bad BIOSes will always be a problem, and there's not much we can do about that, but help is still needed in stabilizing the Linux ACPI code (the core of which is also being used on *BSD).
Regards -- Andy
(Linux ACPI maintainer)
The RIAA screams every time their revenue drops that piracy is to blame. HOWEVER, note that the Grammy ratings were the lowest in 7 years. What that says to me is that this just wasn't that interesting of a year, musically. I think the music cartel needs to look at itself as to why sales are slipping (only down to 1998 levels!) The US Govt. didn't protect the buggy whip manufacturers, and shouldn't do anything similar for the RIAA.
Well actually $0.0023 is *tenths* of a penny but the point is well taken. ;-)
Don't expect AOL to write free programs?
Hello, MOZILLA????
That is a lot of code that they've released under the GPL. A whole lot.
You can replace laptop hard drives, you know.
If it's not ancient, that is.
A thought experiment: Would people use a distro that was 25% bigger and 25% slower?
Tough call. People like their PCs to be snappy, but computers are so fast these days, does 25% really matter?
All I know is that the Mozilla developers would *love* a 25% speed boost. Personally, I'd love it if kernel compiles were 25% faster.
...because this is the first question everyone asks as soon as they find out Intel's compiler works on Linux. ;-)
I'm not surprised the compiler helped Crusoe. GCC is a remarkable achievement in portability, but architecture-tailored compilers (MSVC, ICC) do better both in terms of code size and speed - like 30% better. But if you're going to PAY for your compiler, it better not be beaten by a free alternative.
I hope we see distros using icc, and I also hope it spurs further development in GCC.
Yeah I haven't had any luck either. Directing all UDP traffic on a given port to a host behind the firewall doesn't seem possible. I'd love it if someone would prove me wrong. I'm using ipchains - couldn't get iptables to work on RH 7.1.
I would NOT mess around with the CPU on a laptop you care about at all. The guy talks about replacing a mobile Celeron with a mobile P3 - ummm..they're most likely different voltage parts. They most likely have different bus speeds. They need different BIOSs (SpeedStep needs BIOS support.) The laptop may only have been designed to handle a CPU of a certain power dissipation.
;-)
...and, upgrading the mem and HD will result in a bigger performance boost anyways.
Regards -- Andy
My personal peeve is the use of "emails" - i.e. that's the plural of email.
This makes no sense.
The plural of mail is mail. Why should adding an "e" at the beginning change things regarding pluralization?
three words:
find prior art.
In defense of exchange, at least where I work the exchange server can be accesses via BOTH outlook and IMAP4. Have you tried it?
Andy
So Intel's on a nice roll with the IA32s being called Pentium (some number).
Man, I sure hope they decide to come up with a new brand for IA64!