Re: setup needed for PowerPC assembler programming

2004-09-11 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Here's some helpful PowerPC references: "Optimizing PowerPC Code" by Gary Kacmarcik It's rather out of date by now, and doesn't cover today's powerpc models, but it does a real good job of teaching the assembly code, and some of what you need to make the code as efficient as possible. The bo

Re: iBook G4 Software Suspend

2004-09-11 Thread Bryan Forbes
I use pmud (because I don't need the extra functionality that pbuttonsd provides), so what is this fake sleep patch? I see one in the directory, but it's for a PowerBook G4 12". Do I just modify that for the line that is for my iBook? Also, I see a cpu-freq patch; what is that for? Thanks in ad

Re: therm_adt746x

2004-09-11 Thread Chris Anderson
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 18:05 +0200, Florian Reitmeir wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Chris Anderson wrote: > > > > i use my iBook G4 since dec/03 and never used the module "therm_adt746x". > > > Now > > > sometimes people post, that the module is important, and write things > > > like, > > > > > >

Re: setup needed for PowerPC assembler programming

2004-09-11 Thread Aurélien GÉRÔME
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 02:33:41PM -0400, Steve Richter wrote: > I want to learn PowerPC assembler programming and figure I will buy a > used G4 mac on ebay, then install debian linux on it. Will that give > me all that I need? In deed, it is a perfect system. > I ordered debian 3.02 from this s

Re: setup needed for PowerPC assembler programming

2004-09-11 Thread Chris Anderson
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 14:33 -0400, Steve Richter wrote: > I want to learn PowerPC assembler programming and figure I will buy a > used G4 mac on ebay, then install debian linux on it. Will that give > me all that I need? Potentially. > > I ordered debian 3.02 from this site: > http://agileos.co

Re: Debian on RS/6000 E30

2004-09-11 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Saturday 11 September 2004 06:15, you wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 05:48:01PM -0300, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > > Hi Amadeu, > > > > I'm not in the debian-powerpc list, but a friend is and forwarded your > > mail to me. > > > > I'm also from Brazil (UNICAMP) and I'm running debian on

Re: Debian on RS/6000 E30

2004-09-11 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri writes: > Just note that on 2.6 my video card is not supported (it's a s3 > trio), Is this one of the whacky combinations that used to be supported by the e15fb framebuffer driver, or a genuine S3 Trio supported by s3fb? > I already submitted those patches to debian

BlueBerry iMac G3 IPv6 issue

2004-09-11 Thread Aurélien GÉRÔME
Hi there, I installed Debian Sid on a BlueBerry iMac G3. [20:51:54|3|[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 740/750 temperature : 52 C (uncalibrated) clock : 350MHz revision: 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202) bogomips: 696.32 machine

setup needed for PowerPC assembler programming

2004-09-11 Thread Steve Richter
I want to learn PowerPC assembler programming and figure I will buy a used G4 mac on ebay, then install debian linux on it. Will that give me all that I need? I ordered debian 3.02 from this site: http://agileos.com/ They say I will receive 6 CDs. So I should receive GNU C and C++, right? Any

install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-11 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
Hi all, This is starting to drive me crazy by now so I hope someone has got an answer. I'm trying to install Debian on my Powerbook G3 (wallstreet) Base install seems to work allright, but I can't get the system booted. quik doesn't seem to work, and when I try bootx I get the following message:

Re: iBook G4 Software Suspend

2004-09-11 Thread Florian Reitmeir
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Bryan Forbes wrote: > I was reading through some of the archives on this list regarding > software suspend and I was wondering what is the best solution for an > iBook G4 800 Mhz. Here's my /proc/cpuinfo: > machine : PowerBook6,3 > motherboard : PowerBook6,3 MacRI

Re: therm_adt746x

2004-09-11 Thread Florian Reitmeir
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Chris Anderson wrote: > > i use my iBook G4 since dec/03 and never used the module "therm_adt746x". > > Now > > sometimes people post, that the module is important, and write things like, > > > > "not using the module my damage your hardware" > > > > is that true? > > Yes,

Re: kernel failure on 8600/350ev

2004-09-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 11:51:25AM +1000, david howe wrote: > I recently took a known good build on a 8500/G3 and transplanted it into > a 8600/350ev. Everything is fine except i have found the following stock > kernels do not boot > 2.4.18 (was the 1st boot option on the 8500) > 2.4.20 from ppcker

Re: Debian on RS/6000 E30

2004-09-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 05:48:01PM -0300, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > > Hi Amadeu, > > I'm not in the debian-powerpc list, but a friend is and forwarded your mail > to > me. > > I'm also from Brazil (UNICAMP) and I'm running debian on that machine, I'm > using linux 2.6.6 with the attac

RE: Multiple NICs on Umax S900

2004-09-11 Thread markov
I have an Sitecom 10/100 card, it is nicely recognised under YDL3, it seems to be the linksys chipset. (not under os 9, X not yet installed, gives problems...) Hardware: G3/266 beige... Marc >From: Paul Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I've tried in vain for some time now to get my old dual-proc Su