Re: Some problems with Xfree86/sunffb driver
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:40:02 -0400
Rob Walsh <rjw1@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:47:24PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't use an ultra10 as a workstation, personally :-)
>
> OK, you can't just make a drive-by comment like like that. :-) Would
> you elaborate, please?
Too slow, the PCI bus lacks a streaming cache for DMA transfers
and the IDE chip it uses is really slow.
I'd go for a SB100, Ultra60, or an SB1000. These are the three
machine types I switch around on as a workstation.
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