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:
> - NTPL is not yet supported (being worked on)
> - kernel low-latency/preempt is not yet supported
Useless.
> - 64bit userland is not yet supported
Approximately useless.
> - SMP, expecially on 64bit kernels seems to be rather unstable
WFM...
> - on some machines heavy I/O can cause problems
WFM...
> - XFS used to/is still broken
Apparently not just on HPPA.
> - ide-cd causes HPMC on cd-rom access; use ide-scsi instead
Was looking into this, ran out of time.
> - Using native XFree86 drivers may cause HPMC, try to use fbdev instead
As I understand it, this is X, since we don't/can't emulate
legacy VGA routing.
> - Using fbdev with XFree86 causes HPMC on 64bit kernels
This bit me too, and I've yet to have time to look into it.
> - To use onboard sound on B/C/Jxxxx use the snd_ad1889 ALSA driver,
> with OSS Emulation (native ALSA interface seems to have problems)
>
Still confused about this.
>
> 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 ;)
>
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Kyle McMartin
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