[haiku] Re: Haiku's SMP
- From: "Raymond C. Rodgers" <sinful622@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:58:38 -0500
Nick wrote:
Make sure you get the dual core Atom 330. I am very happy with it.
That was my plan, and I'm glad to hear you're happy with it! :-) I'm
sure I will be too.
It handles 1024x768x32 and even worked with 1280x1024x32 in VESA mode
which works pretty good.
You get HyperThreading - shows up as 4 CPUs ( can turn this on or off )
Realtek 8111 Gigabit Ethernet ( supported very well by Haiku's native
rtl8169 driver )
Supports 2GB of RAM.
Good news all around. I'd been thinking about getting an Atom cpu/board
for a few months to replace a Netgear SC-101 network storage device (I
hate that it wasn't really what I wanted and needed) but ended up
getting a Buffalo LinkStation instead. As I've wanted to get back to
work on Themis, this is probably the best BeOS/Haiku related news I've
had in a while!
Issues:
1) VESA video mode works great but Intel_extreme video driver does not
work. I filed a bug report and hopefully gets fixed.
http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/3149
2) Comes with integrated high definition audio. Appears to be
supported by hda driver which is currently under development - no
sound/music until hda driver is included in haiku image.
3) non-ahci sata controller. Haiku's sata drivers do not work - hang
system. You can still use sata by changing from native to legacy mode
in the bios ( seems a little slower ). Haiku is installed on pata
drive for me but I'm able to mount, read and write to partitions on my
sata drive when bios is set to legacy mode.
I can live with each of these issues, and won't have any complaints
while they're worked on. Now, I'll just have to start looking for a case
that'll suit my needs.
Thanks for the information!
Raymond
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