Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-14 Thread Byron Pezan
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:58:39 -0400 Byron Pezan wrote: FYI here is an lspci output from a Dell Centrino machine. The Broadcom entry at the bottom is the builtin wireless card, which incidentally only works with NDISWrapper. AFAIK the Centrino branding requires

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2005-04-14 Thread Travis Rousseau
On 4/12/05, Charles Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/12/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:26:39 -0400 Charles Pittman wrote: Do all Pentium M processors have integrated wireless? I guess that would explain the wireless on/off button on the

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2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Travis Rousseau wrote: snip Ha I was told it would cost extra to get a computer without windows. (somethin like $80) Yes, *WHY* does it cost more without WindoZZZe? (Answer: Because MonopolSoft threatens vendors into doing this.) I suggest NOT buying from vendors that do this. If Linux ever

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-12 Thread Charles Pittman
On Apr 12, 2005 12:09 AM, Peter Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Jerry McBride wrote: Because I KNOW it works on AMD mobile chips, first hand. I've never even looked at Intel mobile processors Probably never will...Don't disregard the Pentium M so quickly. The Pentium4 is a

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2005-04-12 Thread Richard Fish
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 22:05 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote: Isn't that what the -march=pentium-m and -mtune=pentium-m flags are for in GCC 3.4? That's what it should be for. Friend of mine used 3.4 on a BSD machine to compile apps using pentium-m and results were

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2005-04-12 Thread Robert G. Hays
Richard Fish wrote: Ok, since nobody is actually bothering to _read_ article that I linked to, let me quote a small piece: Hey!! -- I Resent That! -- *I* read the article, and I use AMD's! And I read the whole thing, too, *examined* the charts! (Just so you know it wasn't wasted ;) -- Have a

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2005-04-11 Thread Jerry McBride
On Monday 11 April 2005 01:05 am, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 23:11 -0400, S. Bergeron wrote: On my MythTV machine, I run XFS, because I'm dealing with large files (2.2gb/hr of video). On my desktop it's ext3. On my notebook, I'm still using ext2 for power management reasons

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2005-04-11 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 19:59 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: On Monday 11 April 2005 01:05 am, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 23:11 -0400, S. Bergeron wrote: On my MythTV machine, I run XFS, because I'm dealing with large files (2.2gb/hr of video). On my desktop it's ext3. On my

Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)

2005-04-11 Thread Peter Gordon
Ow Mun Heng wrote: dir_index Use hashed b-trees to speed up lookups in large directories. Can you explain to me this feature? It's the first I've heard of it. I'm not an expert or guru, but I'll sure try. From what I understand, the filesystem normally stores the block and inode

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-11 Thread Richard Fish
Peter Gordon wrote: Jerry McBride wrote: Because I KNOW it works on AMD mobile chips, first hand. I've never even looked at Intel mobile processors Probably never will... Don't disregard the Pentium M so quickly. The Pentium4 is a _horrible_ architecture: Intel wanted a CPU that could

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2005-04-11 Thread Peter Gordon
Isn't that what the -march=pentium-m and -mtune=pentium-m flags are for in GCC 3.4? -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key

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2005-04-10 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 23:11 -0400, S. Bergeron wrote: On my MythTV machine, I run XFS, because I'm dealing with large files (2.2gb/hr of video). On my desktop it's ext3. On my notebook, I'm still using ext2 for power management reasons (turning off hd with hdparm when running on battery