On 6/17/05, Kyle McMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Max Grabert wrote: > > - NTPL is not yet supported (being worked on) > > - kernel low-latency/preempt is not yet supported > > Useless.
Hehe, agreed. But this is not supposed to be a wish-list, but rather a list of things that people keep asking about. > > - 64bit userland is not yet supported > > Approximately useless. > > > - SMP, expecially on 64bit kernels seems to be rather unstable > > WFM... As I don't have a 64bit SMP machine I just mentioned it as it used to be a problem for a long time and I haven't noticed that it had been resolved. But if it is working now reliably that's great! > > - on some machines heavy I/O can cause problems > > WFM... for me too and probably most others, but Joel's regular mails are proof that there are at least some machine/kernel combinations that don't work reliably > > - XFS used to/is still broken > > Apparently not just on HPPA. > > > - ide-cd causes HPMC on cd-rom access; use ide-scsi instead > > Was looking into this, ran out of time. > > > - Using native XFree86 drivers may cause HPMC, try to use fbdev instead > > As I understand it, this is X, since we don't/can't emulate > legacy VGA routing. > > > - Using fbdev with XFree86 causes HPMC on 64bit kernels > > This bit me too, and I've yet to have time to look into it. > > > - To use onboard sound on B/C/Jxxxx use the snd_ad1889 ALSA driver, > > with OSS Emulation (native ALSA interface seems to have problems) > > > > Still confused about this It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the snd_ad1889 driver, but with ALSA itself. I've never been able to get proper sound using native ALSA interface (using ad1889 and also usb-audio) Thanks for the input, Max
