From: Stefan Berndtsson <hidden> Date: 2004-01-31 10:06:21
First question:
What is the status of m3mirror:ing with an ibook2 (600MHz from 2001)
using a 2.6 kernel? There was some patch sent out a long time ago, but
I couldn't get it to apply in any sensible way.
Second question:
What is the status of sound output on the G5?
Third, and actually most interesting question for me:
I want some sort of video recording hardware for my G5. What should I get?
My demands (or at least strong wishes) are:
1. Works on the G5 with Linux (ppc32 or ppc64 doesn't matter).
2. If PCI, works in the PCI-X slots.
3. Has a tuner (preferable, but if all else works, this can be skipped).
4. Has S-Video input.
5. Can handle full framesize in full framerate.
6. At least handle PAL, although handling NTSC is a plus.
7. Doesn't cost a fortune.
Possible to buy in Sweden is another plus.
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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Date: 2004-01-31 10:46:23
On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 21:06, Stefan Berndtsson wrote:
First question:
What is the status of m3mirror:ing with an ibook2 (600MHz from 2001)
using a 2.6 kernel? There was some patch sent out a long time ago, but
I couldn't get it to apply in any sensible way.
That doesn't quite work yet. Someday, somebody (me ?) has to
spend the time & dedication to setup the second output properly
once for all =P
Second question:
What is the status of sound output on the G5?
From: Stefan Berndtsson <hidden> Date: 2004-01-31 15:44:18
Benjamin Herrenschmidt [off-list ref] writes:
On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 21:06, Stefan Berndtsson wrote:
quoted
First question:
What is the status of m3mirror:ing with an ibook2 (600MHz from 2001)
using a 2.6 kernel? There was some patch sent out a long time ago, but
I couldn't get it to apply in any sensible way.
That doesn't quite work yet. Someday, somebody (me ?) has to
spend the time & dedication to setup the second output properly
once for all =P
Ok, in the meantime, I took a patch for 2.4 and brutally stuffed it into
a 2.6.2-rc1-ben1. With some minor tweaking it now seems it actually works.
I assume the patch is much too specific and unfit to go in a proper kernel
release, but it's included below anyway.
/Stefan
From: Stefan Berndtsson <hidden> Date: 2004-02-02 08:36:55
Stefan Berndtsson [off-list ref] writes:
Benjamin Herrenschmidt [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 21:06, Stefan Berndtsson wrote:
quoted
First question:
What is the status of m3mirror:ing with an ibook2 (600MHz from 2001)
using a 2.6 kernel? There was some patch sent out a long time ago, but
I couldn't get it to apply in any sensible way.
That doesn't quite work yet. Someday, somebody (me ?) has to
spend the time & dedication to setup the second output properly
once for all =P
Ok, in the meantime, I took a patch for 2.4 and brutally stuffed it into
a 2.6.2-rc1-ben1. With some minor tweaking it now seems it actually works.
After some more brief tests, it seems that, although the mirroring works,
changing the resolution on the machine stops the working mirror until a
reboot takes place and reinitialises something. I don't know if this was
the case with the patch used on 2.4, but I suspect it was.
/Stefan
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