From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263759AbTDNTkp (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:40:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263762AbTDNTko (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:40:44 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:16811 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263759AbTDNTkk (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:40:40 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Pasi Pirhonen Subject: Re: Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 ? Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:27:10 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1050323228.25353.46.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Reply-To: upi@iki.fi X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 14 Apr 2003 13:27:09 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2003-04-14 at 09:20, Meelis Roos wrote: >> Has anyone had any sucess running Linux on Unisys Aquanta HR/6 (or HR/6U >> if that matters)? This is a up to 6-way PPro SMP machine, >> http://www.unimetrix.com/hr6.html is the best description I have. > > I can't help thinking a single AMD duron would outrun it. Absolutely true, but you cannot afford to have 4-way 2+Ghz P4 Xeon at home easily. Those are cheap machines to get more that 2-way SMP for tweaking with scalability. I have 2 quad-PPRO 'in my collection' and those are the 'pearls of it'. One that i'd really like to have is that 8-way NCR WorldMark PPRO, but those are rare (i have spotted one tho, but it's still on production). Heck. Now we (i) am talking about these babies, i even have 3-way P166 SMP machine which is working just fine :) Still, when we talk about compiling kernel and like, i prefer 2Ghz athlon or something over quad-PPRO as it's still running loops around any old stuff while compiling. > > For Linux support the big thing you need to know is if the system > is "Intel MP 1.1/1.4 compliant". A lot of the ppro boxes were, > but 6 ways can be a bit strange (the ALR 6x6 does work ) > Aquanta should be exactly 6x6 motherboard w/ different BIOS. -- upi@iki.fi -- http://www.iki.fi/upi/