Re: [gentoo-user] Install Using another System

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:58:31 -0400
Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:

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> darren kirby wrote:
> > Should be OK as long as the host system is an x86. I would use very
> > conservative CFLAGS. Your CHOST will likely need to be
> > "i386-pc-linux-gnu".
> >
> > There is a kernel config in "Processor family" that says
> > "CyrixIII/Via-C3". Is that what you have? If not or if you are not
> > sure then choose plain old "386".
>
> It's the Cyrix MediaGX, which, according to gentoo-wiki, is safe with
> i586 and -march=pentium-mmx, so that was what I was planning on
> doing...
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> Randy Barlow
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Interesting chip!  According to wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaGX
this processor, introduced in 1997, represents Cyrix's stab at
combining the job of the CPU with hardware to process video and
audio.  After National Semi. bought out the company and sold the name
and trademarks to Via, NS developed into the Geode processor line,
which was then sold to AMD.  

Aside from being used in subcompact laptops, CTX EzBooks, and some
Compaq Presarios, Casio tablet PCs, and by Sun in the Dover
JavaStation, the chip has also been used in Arcade pinball
machines.

Unfortunately the cpu doesn't provide any L2 Cache, is heavily tied to
its companion chipset (don't bother removing it, it won't work anywhere
else ;-) ) And, of course, performance really sucks -- for one thing,
close association with the PCI bus required the same processor clock
speed as that bus, which you all know is a lot slower than a typical
FSB in '97.  

Sounds like a fun project.  Have you considered trying to get it to run
without a har drive at all?  I bet a server could provide NFS many
times faster than the hard drive...

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