On 4/9/08, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=2088 > > would this be good news for the community? This is really mainly > Linux-related, but i'm hoping that their mention of "technical > documentation" will be good enough for Open to be able to support them... > > -jf
I'm running dual mini-ITX Migrus C787-1.5G motherboards in a 1U case - both have the Via C7 1.5 GHz processor and a gig of RAM each. Aside from the issue of versions of OpenBSD up to 4.2 not liking the three-port gigabit ethernet daughter boards very much, the machines are just downright painfully slow. Slow like molasses, and the OS doesn't seem to matter as I have tried several OpenBSDs, both Enterprise and Desktop editions of Ubuntu 4.07 and 4.10, and even Windows XP Home, Pro, and Server 2003. Nothing speeds them up and even drawing a window using any manager is sometimes more than the things can handle. I can't help but think that the C7s aren't as i386-compatible as Via would have us believe, even though they were billed as great for home media center PCs that could handle encrypted and copy-protected media better than anything else with the build-in decryption hardware. I wasn't interested in this particular application - I needed something very small and minus towering heat sinks to fit in the 1U case. The ml was full of Soekris router throughput issues at the time, so I didn't consider them to be the best option. I bought them to be part of a 6U portable rack that served out VSAT non-military internet access to my unit when deployed, and while they did the job they about killed me with frustration in the process. I could be persuaded to part with one of the motherboards if someone in the project is interested in doing development work for this arch. JC
