Re: Shit Happens...

> > > and 3) I somehow suspect the
> > > disk_scanner module code not to be endianess aware (at least the
> > > partition module isn't).
> >
> > Argh. Mine isn't either. It didn't occur to me at the time, I'm sad=20
> > to
> > say (though it'd be fairly easy to fix).
>=20
> Earlier or later we should definitely fix it. But I suspect, there is
> little chance, that there will be any alternative processor to x86
> compatibles till R1. So it's not critical for the time being.

I'll just go ahead and fix mine when I get the chance.

> > > To cut a long story short, I will either need to get my desktop
> > > machine
> > > running again or get a new laptop before I will be able to=20
> > > continue to
> > > contribute. Unfortunately my financial situation isn't so great,=20
> > > that
> > > I
> > > wouldn't need to think about it.
> >
> > Well, I hope you manage to get something worked out, but certainly
> > one's financial priorities must come first. If there's anything I=20
> > can
> > do to help get things working, let me know.
>=20
> Thanks. I think, I made up my mind, and I will buy a new machine=20
> rather
> soon. I'm actually a bit surprised how much the prices for laptops=20
> have
> dropped. One can get quite a hell of a machine for like 1500 bucks.=20
> My old
> one including a network adapter and a modem was almost twice as=20
> expensive.
> So, I'll investigate some days and scratch the money together in=20
> about a
> week or two at the latest.

Good deal. Have fun. :-)

> > > but e.g. soundwise I've no idea.
> >
> > Mine doesn't work, so I'll look it up tomorrow and let you know=20
> > (it's
> > terribly late at the moment...). My wireless card is unsupported as
> > well.
>=20
> My old sound card, a ESS Maestro 2e, didn't work either. There was=20
> even a
> driver, but it crashed and Daniel Berlin never cared to answer my=20
> requests
> for the source code. :-(
> So at least it wouldn't be worse, if the sound card wasn't supported,=20
> but
> I hope for an improvement, of course. :-P

My sound is a Crystal 4205, my built-in ethernet is a 3com 3c920=20
(supposedly 3c905c-tx compatible), and my wireless ethernet card is an=20
Orinoco Gold, none of which are supported (neither R5 nor BONE).=20

On 2003-03-02 at 13:17:28 [-0800], Axel D=F6rfler wrote:
> > > > and 3) I somehow suspect the
> > > > disk=3D5Fscanner module code not to be endianess aware (at least=20
> > > > the
> > > > partition module isn't).
> > > Argh. Mine isn't either. It didn't occur to me at the time, I'm=20
> > > sad
> > > to
> > > say (though it'd be fairly easy to fix).
> > Earlier or later we should definitely fix it. But I suspect, there=20
> > is
> > little chance, that there will be any alternative processor to x86
> > compatibles till R1. So it's not critical for the time being.
>=20
> You might actually be wrong here: it looks like I get a PPC board (G3/
> 600 MHz - fanless!) for free to port OpenBeOS over (which I'd happily
> do).
> And then, I will have to make sure that all sub-systems are endian-
> aware over time. But that's no big deal for the kernel in general
> anyway. That will also mean that I will probably have to write
> partition scanners for Amiga/Apple partitioning scheme (since IIRC
> that's what the firmware supports).
> Since it's open firmware based, it will also mean that we will get=20
> some
> drivers (like IDE/SCSI/and probably USB) for free (we will only have=20
> to
> write a small wrapper which enables them). So when we have our
> config=3D5Fmanager/devfs architecture in place, it's likely to be the=20
> first
> system to boot OpenBeOS from a hard drive and BFS volume (which will
> have to be endian aware, too).

Would that mean I could run it on my iMac, too, then? That would be=20
great (I still can't get OS X to install on the damn thing...).

-Tyler