"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: (clipping orig post and most of reply...) > >I would suggest subscribing to linux-smp, and look at the archives for >the list, too. I asked this question a week or two ago and then >decided that the Cyrix 200+ with a Gigabyte 586S board was the best >for the money(*). > (clipping info on SMP) > >(*): the board seems to have trouble with serial mice, and probably >serial anything. It has two PCI devices that are "unknown PCI >devices" to linux. The board has support for the Cyrix 200+ which >means it can generate a 75 MHz bus clock, without which the 200+ >becomes a 160+ to 170+ or thereabouts. > >Also, the board and CPU segfault without the Cyrix patch, and also >sometimes with it. I have been playing with the RAM settings to see >if I can get it more stable; so far it seems good, but I haven't >tested it much yet. You might want to email me before you buy one of >these, I am going to do some more testing tonight. Also see the other >sources above of course. > (now responding to self ...)
Following up on this: After: 1) installing set6x86 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM) 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setting) (only my CDROM, modem, and ethernet card are on the ISA anyway.) Everything seems to be stable. The serial ports don't work as far as I can tell, but the modem works fine, and the PS/2 mouse works fine. I did a "make -j bzImage" and made a 2.1.43 kernel. This went flawlessly, using all 32 MB of RAM and 70+ MB of swap at peak (I think). The generated kernel boots fine. Summary: if you want a Cyrix 200+ system you can get one on this motherboard for 220$ american, and it seems very quick. You may have to fiddle with the BIOS, all I did was set the ISA bus speed to slow as possible, and set the RAM timings that I could see to slow as possible (highest numbers.) (grinding teeth) Kernel compiles are failing (twice). No signal 11's, just the compile complains about things as though random characters were inserted into a compile pipe or something. Different errors, different files, rebuild fixes the problem both times.. Anyway, I'll shut up for now. [EMAIL PROTECTED]/GNU--1.3---Linux--2.0.30--- "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike." -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
