Re: [9fans] hardware support for the fs kernel

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 09:33:18AM -0000, Conor Williams wrote:
> 
> What graphics and network hardware is supported for the fs kernel.
> I went through the emelie mkfile and all I could find was:
> ether2114x
> ether82557
> Will my ne2000 card and S3 card work with this kernel?

I think you're out of luck on the ne2000 side.  Maybe a bit of
effort in porting either an old ne2000 driver (I know I had been
using one on my 2ed server and replaced it with a 3Com when I
upgraded to 3.5ed :-) or even the driver from the workstation/cpu
code, I'm not sure which would be easier, will get you there.  But
ne2000s are pretty scrappy cards and performance won't be what it
could.

As for video, anything including an old digital monochrome or colour
monitor adapter ought to work.  The FS has no graphics requirements.
I'd keep the S3 for graphics work, use one of the _unsupported_ video
card on the file server.

++L

PS: I know why I haven't migrated to Fossil/Venti yet, but if you're
setting up a new server, why are you considering the obsolete file
server?  Or, better, are you aware that the server you're considering
is obsolete?