Re: Linux and RS/6000 250

From: David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 19:50:42 EST


On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 12:40:49AM +0000, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:14:33AM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> >
> > MCA is a different story, there is no support for MCA in PPC/Linux.
>
> Interesting. x86 has supported it for a while? Was MCA totally
> ripped out, or is it merely a case of no one having the hardware to get
> it working?

MCA still works just fine on x86 (at least my PCServer 500, with
a P90 and 8 MCA-slots runs just fine as a nice "little" firewall),
but afaict knowing how to access the MCA-bus on a PS/2 and how to access
it on an RS/6000 is two completely different things.

/David
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