Re: Initial IXP_NPE kernel committed

> Why remove RS5C372? AFAIK, it's used by DS101 and N2100, possibly more
> devices too. Dunno about the M48T86.

Because the kernel as patched does not support the DS101 or N2100?  
Can always be added later.

> evdev can't be loaded as a module if we want the buzzer to work on
> various devices at boot time.

Didn't realise this - there should be a dependency in the kernel set  
surely? I'll compile it in.

> > Netwinder FPE emulation replaced with FastFPE
> Are you sure that's a good enough replacement? Remember that the slugs
> are all-round devices, which unfortunately costs a bit of performance.

Kernel config quote:
Say Y here to include the FAST floating point emulator in the kernel.  
This is an experimental much faster emulator which now also has full  
precision for the mantissa.  It does not support any exceptions. It  
is very simple, and approximately 3-6 times faster than NWFPE.
It should be sufficient for most programs.  It may be not suitable  
for scientific calculations, but you have to check this for yourself.

I think it's worth testing as a speed up and as it reduces kernel  
size. I doubt there are many people doing calculations requiring high  
floating point accuracy on a device without a floating point unit.

> Modularize SCSI/IDE/USB. All devices boot from flash and load the
> necessary drivers to support their hardware before booting from an
> internal/external disk.

Sorting this now.

Michael-Luke

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