From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266009AbUHVEPX (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:15:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266013AbUHVEPX (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:15:23 -0400 Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.240.38]:25997 "EHLO lakermmtao01.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266009AbUHVEPR (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:15:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <41283EDA.6080501@dastyle.net> References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> <20040821201632.GA7622@digitasaru.net> <20040821202058.GA9218@animx.eu.org> <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net> <41282F4C.9060305@dastyle.net> <4127FD5A.90605@superbug.demon.co.uk> <41283EDA.6080501@dastyle.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel , Wakko Warner , "David N. Welton" , Lee Revell , James Courtier-Dutton From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:15:16 -0400 To: Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Aug 22, 2004, at 02:36, Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault wrote: > My dad had a thing like that(quick reference card) for an old motorola > 6800(not 68000) processor. It only had 2 8-bit general purpose > registers if I remember correctly. Doesn't even begin to compare with > modern ppc processors. Hey! I built a primitive computer from one of those in a microprocessor class a year ago. 2 8-bit registers, 8-bit data-bus and 16-bit address bus. There were two interrupt pins, IRQ and NMI, and a simple condition code register. The CPU clock is the same as the bus clock. What fun!!! > Good idea, we should have something like two lists one for "chips" and > one for "containers of chips" aka whole systems. That way it could be > cross-referenced in a database-like way with a nice gtk frontend. The > project probably ressemble the pci-ids project. That would pave the > way for a free(as in speech) hardware purchasing guide. A well designed guide could go a long way toward convincing companies to release specs. When a well known hardware website has user testimonials that the drivers suck, the tech support are unhelpful, and the company just doesn't get it, said company will probably tend to listen. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a17 C++++>$ UB/L/X/*++++(+)>$ P+++(++++)>$ L++++(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+ PGP+++ t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b++++(++) DI+ D+ G e->++++$ h!*()>++$ r !y?(-) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------