[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml

[Joseph Jezak]

josejx      08/01/17 05:38:42

  Modified:             gentoo-ppc-faq.xml
  Log:
  Fixed a typo (thanks kojiro) and updated some entries.

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Index: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml
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retrieving revision 1.63
retrieving revision 1.64
diff -u -r1.63 -r1.64
--- gentoo-ppc-faq.xml	1 Jan 2008 21:32:30 -0000	1.63
+++ gentoo-ppc-faq.xml	17 Jan 2008 05:38:42 -0000	1.64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.63 2008/01/01 21:32:30 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.64 2008/01/17 05:38:42 josejx Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">
 <title>Gentoo Linux/PowerPC Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.36</version>
-<date>2008-01-01</date>
+<version>1.37</version>
+<date>2008-01-16</date>
 
 <faqindex>
 <title>Questions</title>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 Early Beige G3 machines (those with a "Rev 1" motherboard with an ATI RageII+
 chip) do not support slave IDE drives. To use a second hard drive with this
 machine, you would have to attach it to the internal or external SCSI
-connector, use install a PCI IDE card. Later G3 machines do not have this
+connector or install a PCI IDE card. Later G3 machines do not have this
 limitation. See <uri>http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/IDE/index.html</uri>
 for more information.
 </p>
@@ -509,28 +509,28 @@
 <p>
 The Airport Extreme is an 802.11b/g card that is included with modern Apple
 portable computers.  It is based on the Broadcom 43xx chipset which is supported
-by the native <uri link="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de">bcm43xx driver</uri> 
-project.  It has been included in the 2.6.17_rc2 kernel.  To enable it select
-the options below (you must enable SoftMAC first!):
+by the native b43 driver project.  It has been included in the 2.6.24 kernel.  
+Note that the driver should select the proper driver between b43 and b43-legacy.
+The firmware used for these two drivers is different, with the legacy version
+supporting older 4306 cards.  If you have a 4306 card, build both, otherwise,
+it should be safe to only build b43. Also, to enable either driver, mac80211
+must be selected first.
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Adding bcm43xx support to the kernel">
-Networking --&gt;
-     &lt;M&gt;   Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
-     [*]     Enable full debugging output
-     &lt;M&gt;     IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
-     &lt;M&gt;     IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
-     &lt;M&gt;     IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
-     &lt;M&gt;     Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack
-     [*]       Enable full debugging output
+<pre caption="Adding b43 support to the kernel">
+Networking --&gt; Wireless --&gt;
+     &lt;M&gt;   Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
 
-Device Drivers --&gt; Network device support --&gt; Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) &amp; Wireless Extensions
-     &lt;M&gt;   Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support
-     [*]     Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED) 
+Device Drivers --&gt; Network device support --&gt; 
+     [*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
+     &lt;M&gt;   Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)
+     [*]     Broadcom 43xx debugging
+     &lt;M&gt;   Broadcom 43xx-legacy wireless support (mac80211 stack)
+     [*]     Broadcom 43xx-legacy debugging
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-After compiling your kernel, you'll need to emerge <c>bcm43xx-fwcutter</c> to
+After compiling your kernel, you'll need to emerge <c>b43-fwcutter</c> to
 install the firmware. For additional information, please see this
 <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194.html">forum post.</uri>
 </p>
@@ -880,15 +880,12 @@
 
 <p>
 Well, not really. Macromedia has not supplied a linux/ppc binary and open
-source implementations are incomplete and buggy at this time.  The best of the
-available projects is
-<uri link="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</uri>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Another possible workaround for now is to use qemu (an x86 emulator) to run the
-Macromedia Flash Player stand alone player. This process was described in the
-forums: <uri>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117774</uri>
+source implementations are incomplete at this time.  However, there are two
+projects that can play many flash objects, 
+<uri link="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</uri> and 
+<uri link="http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/">swfdec</uri>.
+Both are capable of playing back Youtube movies and lots of other popular
+content.
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -898,8 +895,8 @@
 <body>
 
 <p>
-Yes, a Java plugin is now available with IBM's Java 1.5.  Note that not all
-Java applications work with Java 1.5 yet.
+Yes, a Java plugin is now available with IBM's Java 1.5 and 1.6.  Note that not
+all Java applications work with these Java versions yet.
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -909,12 +906,12 @@
 <body>
 
 <p>
-Simply emerge <c>Xorgautoconfig</c>. Once the package has been emerged, run
-<c>Xorgautoconfig</c> to generate the config for your setup. If you would like
-to set a keyboard layout, you can use the --keymap flag. Note that although
-<c>Xorgautoconfig</c> does set up DRM for most users, you may need to change
-your kernel configuration to support this.  Be sure that you've configured your
-kernel as shown in the question below for optimal performance.
+Simply emerge <c>xac</c>. Once the package has been emerged, run <c>xac</c> to
+generate the config for your setup. If you would like to set a keyboard layout,
+you can use the --kbd-layout option. Note that although <c>xac</c> does set up 
+DRM for most users, you may need to change your kernel configuration and emerge
+additional drivers to support the suggested configuration.  Be sure that you've
+configured your kernel as shown in the question below for optimal performance.
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -968,7 +965,7 @@
 <p>
 Rebuild and install the kernel if necessary. After this, make sure you
 have booted to the native framebuffer (i.e. radeonfb or atyfb128 and
-<e>not</e> from offb or ofonly video), and run <c>Xorgautoconfig</c>.
+<e>not</e> from offb or ofonly video), and run <c>xac</c>.
 </p>
 
 <impo>



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