...l'inverse est ?galement vraie. On Dec 9, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > powerpc-discuss mailing list > powerpc-discuss at opensolaris.org
