On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Vitaly Luban wrote:
> Dan Hollis wrote:
> > Easy for ethernet where you have shared media and switches, but what about
> > ptp synchronous serial lines? Oh dear thats a problem isnt it 8)
> Not, if one have two USARTs, receivers paralleled & syncronized, transmitters
> wired-
Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Vitaly Luban wrote:
> > One may have cPCI configuration with two or more NICs on each side
> > of the router, with dynamic IP reallocation and hotswap that's make sense
> > IMHO.
>
> Easy for ethernet where you have shared media and switches, but what abou
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Vitaly Luban wrote:
> Dan Hollis wrote:
> > Alan, you want an ISP to configure identical machines for linux routers
> > just so they can hotswap NICs? What have you been putting in your tea
> > lately 8)
> [...]
> One may have cPCI configuration with two or more NICs on each s
Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I'd disagree on the ISP thing too btw. Telcos care a lot about hotswap PCI,
> > but ISP services you can take a down box with a failover of a machine -
> > which in general is a lot easier and overall better coverage
>
> Alan, you want
> Yes you can failover your mail server, but your core linux routers are
> another story and thats where hotswap really counts. Customers can
> tolerate short mailserver outages but they cant tolerate short router
> outages.
Then they shouldnt be using the internet for a few more years ;)
I see
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> I'd disagree on the ISP thing too btw. Telcos care a lot about hotswap PCI,
> but ISP services you can take a down box with a failover of a machine -
> which in general is a lot easier and overall better coverage
Alan, you want an ISP to configure identical
> } On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Adrian Cox wrote:
> } > cPCI is PCI + hotswap. Most people seem to ignore the hotswap, except at
> } > tradeshows.
> }
> } ISPs certainly don't ignore hotswap. Unfortunately, Linux does. :) :(
>
> PowerPC has hotswap for Motorola boards thanks to Johnnie Peters and Matt
} On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Adrian Cox wrote:
} > cPCI is PCI + hotswap. Most people seem to ignore the hotswap, except at
} > tradeshows.
}
} ISPs certainly don't ignore hotswap. Unfortunately, Linux does. :) :(
PowerPC has hotswap for Motorola boards thanks to Johnnie Peters and Matt
Porter.
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To u
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Adrian Cox wrote:
> cPCI is PCI + hotswap. Most people seem to ignore the hotswap, except at
> tradeshows.
ISPs certainly don't ignore hotswap. Unfortunately, Linux does. :) :(
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> Am I right in assumming that 2.2.14 (as from RH6.2) supports cPCI? Or do I
> need to start developing on 2.4?
>
> I really do need to do some research into this, if I knew where to start. I
> need some docs! (either paper, URL, or the straight-jacket kind)
cPCI is PCI
Ondrej Feela Filip wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Am I right in assumming that 2.2.14 (as from RH6.2) supports cPCI? Or do I
> > need to start developing on 2.4?
>
> ? I believe, that PCI and cPCI are from SW view identical. I run linux
> (2.2.13+) on many cPCI system
Am I right in assumming that 2.2.14 (as from RH6.2) supports cPCI? Or do I
need to start developing on 2.4?
I really do need to do some research into this, if I knew where to start. I
need some docs! (either paper, URL, or the straight-jacket kind)
Justin.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm about to embark on some compact-PCI driver development for Linux and I
> was wondering where I can find some info. Is there any difference between
> PCI and cPCI development on Linux?
>
> URLs would be great! Or, if this is the wrong list for driver development
> i
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