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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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