... If the laptop was designed to permit CPU swap between UltraSPARC/Athlon64 via a plugin module, I could possibly see a market for it. Maybe if it could take...
Russell Aspinwall
russell.aspinwall@...
Sep 1, 2005 8:20 am
28572
if you are using zones this patch is a must. And you probably shoule install it as a first patch on a system or at least recreate zones (if you hiy a problem...
... 802.11b ... Don't think it's new. The Tadpole SPARC notebooks had 802.11b wireless networking for quite some time. webarchive.org has archived a two year...
Thousand TNX to You James!!! ^__^ I accessed /devices/pic*/* and I found the deviceFiles you told about. So I made 'dd if=pci1103\,4\@13\:hpt0D0 bs=512...
... Correct. Sun got 1.0-7676 on the first of August, but I never pushed it out even internally since the difference from 1.0-7667 was only the GeForce 7800...
... No, you need a 64 bit bios. The problem is that to support 32 bit OSes the BIOS must map all device address space into a 4G (i.e 32 bit addressable)...
... And to think that we've had that problem when going from 20 bit to 24 bit addres space, then again from 24 to 32, and now from 32 to 64, I can foresee...
... For all of them, with ,raw at the end they act like /dev/rdsk devices, and without it they act like /dev/dsk devices. hpt0D0 is the whole disk hpt0D0f1 to...
... It appears that the problem is only with the Windows Driver. When you run Win XP x64, it can only see 3GB of RAM :-D , where as Solaris x86 can see 7.5GB...
Russell Aspinwall
russell.aspinwall@...
Sep 1, 2005 1:29 pm
28580
... PCI devices are not required to support 64 bit addresses and quite a few of them do not. I don't see how a 64 bit OS can "fix" a PCI device that only...
... Correction.... Windows 6GB and Solaris 7.5GB ... -- Regards Russell Email: russell dot aspinwall at flomerics dot co dot uk Network and Systems...
Russell Aspinwall
russell.aspinwall@...
Sep 1, 2005 1:40 pm
28582
Instead of adding a non-supported Geforce card as a third head for our newest W2100Z I decided to spend $100 more and get a supported card, a PNY NVS280 PCI....
... Last time I looked, there were also licensing issues with MS Windows regarding the maximum amount of supported memory (it was a Server version, though). ...
... Tadpole has their own version of wificonfig and wifitool which configure the 802.11b (I just set this up for a coworker). AFAIK, there is no coordination...
... OK, I'll bite. Why is a flame about a SPARC laptop appropriate for the Solaris x86 alias? Is the complaint just about the obligatory marketing statements...
... Minor nit: the NVS280 PCI card isn't a "supported" card, but I know it works (first hand knowledge). ... FWIW, in the next major driver release, you won't...
... Yes, Sun needs one, ASAP. ... I did try one. It is horribly overpriced, considering how abominably slow it is. I also have used Blade 100 and Blade...
... It doesnt - the BIOS should remap the memory space "covered" by the IO address space above 4G. My understanding was that some BIOSes dont do that because...
... Register the systems with the update manager tool and then run smpatch again. (The fact that it requires GUI interaction is a bug) Casper...
Casper.Dik@...
Sep 1, 2005 3:21 pm
28592
Casper: We know. A registration CLI is in the works. Fred ... -- Sun Logo Frederic Jean Member Technical Staff, Software CNS Offering Engineering - Software...
... Solaris 10 already has this driver. Are you saying that the existing e1000g driver did not attach to it and that you added an Intel version? What does...
... lsimega will definately be x86 and x64. I am not sure about Sparc. Since right now it is primarily targetted at Dell systems I doubt it. Looking at the...
... Hmmmm, I'm pleasantly surprised to see the Quadro NVS 280 PCI (and others) on NVIDIA's list. However, I was more concerned about raising the expectation...
... Bummer. ... I'm biased towards code which is supported on multiple Solaris architectures. Also, while I'm no MBA, from what I understand from reading what...
John D Groenveld
jdg117@...
Sep 1, 2005 4:23 pm
28598
... IIRC, you previously raised the issue of performance on the W2100z with AGP boards when only PCI cycles were being used. With the NVS 280 PCI, you should...
In message <20050901140630.HKDI29674.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@...>, B ... netsys.com has gone SunUpdateConnection on me, but Google has Tapdole's...
John D Groenveld
jdg117@...
Sep 1, 2005 4:44 pm
28600
... I'd wager its a political battle and not really an issue of market research analysis; some PHB has staked their ego and their position in the PHB wolf-pack...
John D Groenveld
jdg117@...
Sep 1, 2005 5:12 pm
28601
... The only market research needed for x86 Solaris in the PC/Laptop market is to go to the local computer shop and buy one of everything and then develop ...
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