> Has anyone worked with LinuxBIOS or even seen detailed specs. yet for
> the Crusoe from Transmeta?
Yes. I started to look into it some time ago, but have been swamped with
various other things. I have a copy of the BIOS Writer's guide, though
how much of it can go out is apparently still undefined.
> You'd think info would be easier to get a hold of with Linus working
> there.
We do have several Linux people here, but that doesn't mean that
_everything_ here is open source ;)
> RLX finally released their servers based on cards that use a Crusoe and
> up to two 2.5" hard drives on a single 3U high card (they are calling a
> Blade??) and can fit 24 cards into a 3U enclosure. Crusoes aren't
> anything to write home about as far as number crunching performance but
> they do produce much less heat than a K7. They also don't have much for
> internetworking but they could be useful for some clustering applications.
I'm not about to try and sell these things, but as far as MIPs/Watt and
MIPs/cu. ft. go, it's attractive. Also, though I'm no clustering expert,
how much more than 3 10/100 NICs is necessary for a decent cluster?
-pat
