Re: [parisc-linux] List of things that are known no to work on Linux/PA
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Max Grabert wrote:
> Perhaps this should be put into a Wiki or a FAQ:
> (however it could be a pain to maintain it I guess).
>
> Anyway, for whom it might be of interest here it is:
>
>
> Things that are known to be broken or not yet supported
> in the latest (2.6.12-rc6-pa1) linux/PA kernel:
>
> - NTPL is not yet supported (being worked on)
= TLS support (in testing)
= FUTEX support (being worked on)
> - kernel low-latency/preempt is not yet supported
> - 64bit userland is not yet supported
> - SMP, expecially on 64bit kernels seems to be rather unstable
> - on some machines heavy I/O can cause problems
> - XFS used to/is still broken
> - ide-cd causes HPMC on cd-rom access; use ide-scsi instead
> - Using native XFree86 drivers may cause HPMC, try to use fbdev instead
> - Using fbdev with XFree86 causes HPMC on 64bit kernels
> - To use onboard sound on B/C/Jxxxx use the snd_ad1889 ALSA driver,
> with OSS Emulation (native ALSA interface seems to have problems)
>
>
> Please correct me if something has changed recently; I guess some of the PA
> kernel hackers (and also users) might want to add a few things to this list ;)
That's my $0.02.
c.
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