On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 22:36 +0200, NoiseEHC wrote: > Wow, fast answer! > > On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:20 PM, NoiseEHC wrote: > >> I tried to run my little tests via this mailing list and there were some > >> kind people who took the time to help me but it turned out that the > >> Geode is below my worst expectations and so requires a lot more tests > >> than my patience. > > > > Send me your SSH2 pubkey and I'll get you an account. I'm not sure how > > you went about previously requesting an account; I handled almost all > > l.o accounts until a few days ago, and I never saw an e-mail from you. > > > I have sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (as it is written in the > wiki) and after that exchanged several emails with Jim Gettys. The > conclusion was that he said that when I have something running then we > can come back to my request. The problem is that I need to run those > tests to start coding in C (I have a proof of concept in C#) so it is a > catch-22... > > SSH2 key: > I am not sure whether we are talking about the same thing. I need an > account for an XO machine which is connected to the internet so I can > access it from here (and I have a feeling that you are talking about a > project hosting account but I can be wrong). So if I am right and you > have not already set up an XO machine then you have to do the following: > 1. Take a developer XO (must be B3 or B4 - LX700 and must have GCC). > 2. Plug in an USB->Ethernet adapter and configure it in Linux. > 3. Take apart the XO and remove the wireless antennas. > 4. Install telnet and FTP. > 5. Plug it into your router and either put it outside of your firewall > (so it will not be able to access your machines inside of your firewall) > or set up the router to forward telnet and FTP but prohibit any outbound > packets. > 6. Email me the passwords for telnet & FTP. > (2 and 3 are needed if I am an evil hacker since I am not sure if > wireless can be firewalled adequately.)
We haven't had the cycles to set up a OLPC system for "normal" development; however, we have recently hired a system manager, and can put it on his queue to set up. - Jim > > If it turns out that we are talking about the same thing (and you have > already set up such a machine) then I will need some time since I am a > Windows programmer and have no idea how to connect from Windows to Linux > via SSH... (If somebody reads this then I would appreciate some links to > a howto.) > >> For the record, a Geode LX-433MHz has the MMX performance of a Pentium > >> MMX-133MHz if my tests are right what I simply still cannot believe... > > > > The Geode is a low-power, embedded CPU. It is neither the gaming > > platform nor the 3D workstation you're looking for. There's nothing > > surprising about that. > There is. If my tests are correct then it is the first time in history > when somebody created a processor which runs MMX slower than integer > instructions. See > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Geode > I have downloaded the MediaGX guide (the predecessor of the Geode) and > in that guide at least both the latency and throughput were defined. > According to the tests the Geode LX has half the performance than the > MediaGX clock by clock. I have found that surprising (and forced me to > redo all my assembly). > > > > >> viewpoint it is nonexistent developer support. Never mind, it was just > >> my frustration. > > > > Sorry you had a bad experience. I wish you hadn't given up after > > initially not receiving an account. That bit, at least, we can fix. > > > > I hope so. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Jim Gettys One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel