Thanks Dennis. :) All we can say is: Management deserves the Developers they get.
R&B :) On Dec 9, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> As a second swing of the stick... >> >> Through researching BrandZ and the current Centos support I was >> able to do a >> few things today. > > looks like a few big things there Ken. > >> One was the research in finding Creative Labs still sells the 3D >> Blaster ATI >> 9200 (128MB) and 9250 (128MB) graphic cards. For the EFIKA, these >> work with >> the Linux and MorphOS operating systems. I then updated my Linux PPC >> graphic drivers to Mesa 6.5.2 and worked on a few demos. > > So you were able to plug in these options and boot with decent > support > still ? > >> So back to OpenSolaris, what I've done now is provide DVD images >> of the >> Debian PPC branch. This is a bit ahead of things but provides a >> full distro >> of Debian PPC (i.e. 9.5GB of data) to test under the Polaris >> BrandZ work. So >> now OpenSolaris can utilize over 9.5GB of open source software >> (i.e. wishful >> thinking). > > That will be of value sooner than later. I may want that just > for my own > day to day use. :-) > >> The Realtek 8201/8139 and Sigmatel 9766 drivers are available for >> MorphOS >> and Linux, so just need to ensure we track those as well for >> OpenSolaris.... > > That's one thing that I do need to find is a second ethernet NIC > that is > well supported with either Debian etch or Fedora Core 6. I know > that Dave > Woodhouse has a EFIKA on the way to him and he may look into > Fedora Core > 6 booting issues. I tried it out and gave up promptly :-) But, > thankfully, not before talking with Mr. Woodhouse. > > On a forward looking note I think we are all making the leap from > the ODW > to the EFIKA in fairly smooth order. I think that is just great > and Bill > Buck has proven that good business can be had by supporting > developers with > free donations of hardware. Therefore, here is my big blunt thank > you to > Genesi : > > http://www.pegasosppc.com/efika.php > > ##### # # ## # # # # # # #### > # # > # # # # # ## # # # # # # # > # # > # ###### # # # # # #### # # # > # # > # # # ###### # # # # # # # # > # # > # # # # # # ## # # # # # > # # > # # # # # # # # # # #### #### > > ##### ### > # # ###### # # ###### #### # ### > # # ## # # # # ### > # #### ##### # # # ##### #### # # > # # # # # # # # # > # # # # ## # # # # ### > ##### ###### # # ###### #### # ### > > I'll try to refrain from that sort of thing in the OpenSolaris mail > lists > but let's face it, can you name a single entity other than Sun that > has gone > the distance like Genesi ? > > -- > Dennis Clarke > > _______________________________________________ > powerpc-discuss mailing list > powerpc-discuss at opensolaris.org
