linux-apus-devel

2.4 amiserial

[<fp...@zu...>]

I have tested the new amiserial driver in 2.4-test yesterday. It works
even better than the MFC3 on 2.2.10! (Setup: A4k CSPPC/233, 128MB, MFC3, 
CV64/3D, GVP-II, / on internal IDE)

On 2.2.10, the MFC driver hangs and no bytes get through after a while
(especially if Netscape is started). In 2.3 using amiserial, I D/L'd some
files, browsed with netscape and ran a find / ... at the same time. The
modem (56k) was hanging on the internal serial. There were only some packets
lost, but the connection stayed up. After I quit the find, the packet loss
was gone immediately. 

Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3 :-))
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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Frank Petzold wrote:

> On 2.2.10, the MFC driver hangs and no bytes get through after a while
> (especially if Netscape is started). In 2.3 using amiserial, I D/L'd some
> files, browsed with netscape and ran a find / ... at the same time. The
> modem (56k) was hanging on the internal serial. There were only some packets
> lost, but the connection stayed up. After I quit the find, the packet loss
> was gone immediately.

That sounds very very good.


> Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3 :-))

You first :)

Please excuse my ignorance, is it a disk interface or what?


Michel


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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Frank P. <fp...@zu...>]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:50:05AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Frank Petzold wrote:
> > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3 :-))
> 
> You first :)
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance, is it a disk interface or what?

I meant the GVP Series II SCSI controller card. My ZIP and Scanner are attached
to it.
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CH-8803 Rüschlikon/Switzerland, Tel.  +41-1-724-84-42  Fax.   +41-1-724-89-56
 Business email: fp...@zu...          Private email: pe...@he...
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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Frank Petzold wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:50:05AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Frank Petzold wrote:
> > > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3 :-))
> > 
> > You first :)
> > 
> > Please excuse my ignorance, is it a disk interface or what?
> 
> I meant the GVP Series II SCSI controller card. My ZIP and Scanner are attached
> to it.

I thought we've had a driver for that card since ages?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Frank P. <fp...@zu...>]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:36:06PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Frank Petzold wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:50:05AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > Frank Petzold wrote:
> > > > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3 :-))
> > > 
> > > You first :)
> > > 
> > > Please excuse my ignorance, is it a disk interface or what?
> > 
> > I meant the GVP Series II SCSI controller card. My ZIP and Scanner are attached
> > to it.
> 
> I thought we've had a driver for that card since ages?

Sure, for 2.2.x. It does not seem to have made it into the 2.3 tree, yet.
-- 
Frank Petzold, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Säumerstrasse 4,
CH-8803 Rüschlikon/Switzerland, Tel.  +41-1-724-84-42  Fax.   +41-1-724-89-56
 Business email: fp...@zu...          Private email: pe...@he...
   The opinions expressed here are mine and not necessarily those of IBM.

Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Frank Petzold wrote:

> > > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3
> > > :-))
> >
> > I thought we've had a driver for that card since ages?
> 
> Sure, for 2.2.x. It does not seem to have made it into the 2.3 tree, yet.

At least in Documentation/Configure.help, there's an entry for it...

Maybe you'll have to edit the Makefile or Configure.in in drivers/scsi, or
maybe you need to import some stuff from the latest m68k diffs...


Michel


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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Frank Petzold wrote:
> > > > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3
> > > > :-))
> > >
> > > I thought we've had a driver for that card since ages?
> > 
> > Sure, for 2.2.x. It does not seem to have made it into the 2.3 tree, yet.
> 
> At least in Documentation/Configure.help, there's an entry for it...
> 
> Maybe you'll have to edit the Makefile or Configure.in in drivers/scsi, or
> maybe you need to import some stuff from the latest m68k diffs...

Aha, arch/ppc/config.in does `source drivers/scsi/Config.in', while
arch/m68k/config.in has the whole list of Amiga supported SCSI cards.
Someone needs to move them to drivers/scsi/Config.in, since they depend on
CONFIG_ZORRO and/or CONFIG_AMIGA anyway.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> > > > > Now I only need a driver for the GVP-II, and I shall switch to 2.3
> > > > > :-))
> > > >
> > > > I thought we've had a driver for that card since ages?
> > >
> > > Sure, for 2.2.x. It does not seem to have made it into the 2.3 tree, yet.
> >
> > At least in Documentation/Configure.help, there's an entry for it...
> >
> > Maybe you'll have to edit the Makefile or Configure.in in drivers/scsi, or
> > maybe you need to import some stuff from the latest m68k diffs...
> 
> Aha, arch/ppc/config.in does `source drivers/scsi/Config.in', while
> arch/m68k/config.in has the whole list of Amiga supported SCSI cards.
> Someone needs to move them to drivers/scsi/Config.in, since they depend on
> CONFIG_ZORRO and/or CONFIG_AMIGA anyway.

Thanks for the hint Geert, this might bring back some drivers to APUS I guess
:)

Whoever does this should post the patch to the m68k list.


Michel


PS: Geert, could you somehow propagate APUS stuff to bitkeeper?

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Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Jes S. <je...@li...>]

>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@li...> writes:

Geert> Aha, arch/ppc/config.in does `source drivers/scsi/Config.in',
Geert> while arch/m68k/config.in has the whole list of Amiga supported
Geert> SCSI cards.  Someone needs to move them to
Geert> drivers/scsi/Config.in, since they depend on CONFIG_ZORRO
Geert> and/or CONFIG_AMIGA anyway.

Just irritates me that every user has to deselect a pile of
unsupported ISA/PCI drivers.

Jes

Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On 6 Jul 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> >>>>> "Geert" == Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@li...> writes:
> 
> Geert> Aha, arch/ppc/config.in does `source drivers/scsi/Config.in',
> Geert> while arch/m68k/config.in has the whole list of Amiga supported
> Geert> SCSI cards.  Someone needs to move them to
> Geert> drivers/scsi/Config.in, since they depend on CONFIG_ZORRO
> Geert> and/or CONFIG_AMIGA anyway.
> 
> Just irritates me that every user has to deselect a pile of
> unsupported ISA/PCI drivers.

These should be inside CONFIG_{ISA,PCI}, or done using
`dep_{bool,tristate} * $CONFIG_{ISA,PCI}'. Anyone volunteering to do the clean
up?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} -- ge...@li...

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: 2.4 amiserial

[Jes S. <je...@li...>]

>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@li...> writes:

Geert> On 6 Jul 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>>  Just irritates me that every user has to deselect a pile of
>> unsupported ISA/PCI drivers.

Geert> These should be inside CONFIG_{ISA,PCI}, or done using
Geert> `dep_{bool,tristate} * $CONFIG_{ISA,PCI}'. Anyone volunteering
Geert> to do the clean up?

True, once this has been done *and* accepted into Linus' tree, then
lets move ours.

Jes