I just thought you might want to know that there is a project specifically aimed at fixing the bugs described in this paper (the 6-9% failure rate). (In fact, many of them have been fixed.)
Note that LinuxPPC can use either native kernel video drivers or OF drivers. The former are faster, but are harder to set up. What often happens is that you use the OF drivers when you first install Linux, just to get things working quickly, and afterwards you get the native drivers running at your leisure.
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I just thought you might want to know that there is a project specifically aimed at fixing the bugs described in this paper (the 6-9% failure rate). (In fact, many of them have been fixed.)
Note that LinuxPPC can use either native kernel video drivers or OF drivers. The former are faster, but are harder to set up. What often happens is that you use the OF drivers when you first install Linux, just to get things working quickly, and afterwards you get the native drivers running at your leisure.