From xam@cs.ucc.ie Tue Apr 16 17:21:21 2002
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:36:06 +0100 (IST)
From: M. Grabert <xam@cs.ucc.ie>
To: puffin@esiee.fr
Subject: Hardware-List

Hi,

I just wanted to update some information about the C240:

It's working smoothly, everything is supported:

- both SCSI
- 10/100Mbit Network
- STIcon/STIfb (latter only if you have a Visualize-EG!)
- serial console
- Harmony audio
- PCI cards
- Poweroff button

So far every kernel option i tried (different filesystems etc.) worked
I'm using 2.4.18-pa16, and both 32bit and 64bit are working.
Though 64bit doesn't make sense right now because of the lack of a
64bit userland, the 64bit kernel supports everything the 32bit does!

I personally just have a problem with the LED driver (not working
on the latter kernels, both 32bit and 64bit), bit this doesn't
really hurt ;)



Some information about 730:

I tried it long time ago (when there were no isos) and it worked
after applying a patch to the kernel that was posted on the
mailing lists (fixing kernel traps for this kind of cpu).
At that time STIcon was not working properly, so i had to use
the serial console. SCSI and Network was working.

I tried to install the 0.9.3-iso, but because of the lack of a
SCSI-terminator (I sold it), there were SCSI-errors while installing
(I remember this kind of errors!). At least i can confirm that the
kernel booted fine and STIcon was working.

BTW, if you browse the mailing list, you'll find a mail of a user
that successfully installed 0.9.3 on a 730, and IIRC is also
running X on it! Maybe EISA is also working now ...

Moreover the 730 is basically a 720 with a faster CPU (more clockspeed,
but the same CPU type), and one EISA interface, nothing more.
AFAIK there is no other differences between a 720 and a 730 ;)

A 750 is has again a faster CPU and more EISA/GSC slots (and thus
a different tower case), but shouldn't be that different from a 720/730.


greetings,
  Max Grabert

PS: feel free to publish this mail or shorten it!