Subject: Re: AlphaStation 1000A
To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
From: Jarkko Teppo <jarkko.teppo@er-grp.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/13/2002 20:27:47
Paul Mather said:
> _00-00-F8-22-C9-B6
> tu1: console mode: selecting 10BaseT
> _(UTP) port: half duplex
>
> What is the recommended driver for these? (I seem to recall there
> being two, one of which is considered "buggy," or am I confusing this
> with something else?)
tlp works fine (with 1.6 and current). I understand that the de-driver
is deprecated.
>
> Finally, is this graphics adapter supported under X?
>
> cirrus0: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 (SVGA)
> _512 Kbytes
> cirrus0 at eisa0
Hmm... d o n ' t e v e n t r y i t. Sorry. The built-in cirrus
is unbelievably slow. I mean, reaaally slow. My suggestion is to go with
serial console or sacrifice one of the PCI-slots for a decent adapter
(which might be tricky...).
>
> Sorry for the questions, but although this model is listed as being
> supported from 1.4 onwards, I couldn't find any mention of it in the
> "Notes on Supported System Models" page at the NetBSD WWW site.
I'm not sure how much the 1000A differs from 1000 but FWIV I'm running
-current with an AS1000 (DE500 network, built-in siop and an aic7880).
I'm actually writing this message via a webmail-interface, via
mozilla running on the alpha, displayed on a dual-head sparc 4.
If possible, try -current. The performance improvement over 1.6 is
quite amazing.
>
> FWIW, appended at the end is the Tru64 boot log entry, in case
> anyone can spot any obvious problems with hardware compatibility.
>
> ATM Subsystem configured with 1
> _restart threads
> ATMUNI: configured
> ATMSIG: 3.x (module=uni3x) configured
> ILMI: 3.x (module=ilmi) configured
> ATM IP: configured
> ATM LANE: configured.
> ATM IFMP: configured
> <<<<<
>
I've never tried Tru64, but is that just the subsystem or some sort
of card ?
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jht